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Physiology Friday #228: Identifying Sleep Patterns that Influence Chronic Disease Risk

Physiologically Speaking

We talk about the ketogenic diet as a metabolic therapy for type 1 diabetes. A new study used wearable sleep data to show that several chronic diseases are associated with how we sleep. Deep sleep: Each percent increase in deep sleep was associated with a lower risk of atrial fibrillation, depression, and anxiety.