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Sleep and type 2 diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Brady Emer M,
Hall Andrew P
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
practical diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.205
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2047-2900
pISSN - 2047-2897
DOI - 10.1002/pdi.1993
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , medicine , feeling , diabetes mellitus , consciousness , type 2 diabetes , psychiatry , psychology , neuroscience , endocrinology , social psychology , computer science , operating system
Man has always had a fascination with sleep; ancient philosophers considered it to be a state somewhere between life and death, though were more fascinated by dreams and their interpretation. We all know when we have had a good or bad night’s sleep and recognise that feeling of tiredness when sleep is required. However, it is easy to imagine sleep as a period of simple dormancy, the quiescent part of our daily lives, analogous to putting one’s computer or television in a standby mode. The neurological characteristics of sleep were not properly examined and described until the 1960s.1 We now understand it to be a dynamic process essential for life and health. Recently, it has become apparent that sleep quality and quantity can impact upon a number of metabolic, immune and hormonal processes including energy regulation and glycaemic control.2–5