#192 Life-extending mutation; Kangaroo poo transplant for cows; irregular sleep linked to increased risk of death
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The Link Between Desert Grasslands and the Pacific Ocean May Have Been Broken by Climate Change
irregular sleep and an increased death risk over the short term could be linked. One idea is that consistently going to bed and waking up at different times affects our circadian rhythm or our body clock. This then throws our bodies various physiological processes out of sync, for example, this may affect cell division leading to cancer. Another idea is that having a medical condition like cancer or heart disease which many of the participants did may affect sleep either by affecting those physiological processes or just the anxiety of living with such a condition.
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