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A new study, paid for by the U.S. Air Force but relevant for anyone with a small child, a large prostate or a lot on the mind, is helping illuminate what’s happening at the genetic level when we don’t get enough sleep.
It turns out that chronic sleep deprivation — in this experiment, less than six hours a night for a week — changes the activity of about 700 genes, which is roughly 3 percent of all we carry.
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Coffee can’t hurt you and it may even help prevent diabetes: According to a large German study, coffee does not increase your risk of heart disease or cancer. Plus, coffee drinkers are statistically less likely to develop type 2 diabetes.
Animal experiment hint that certain chemicals found within coffee could positively affect metabolism.
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