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Article: Chronic jet-lag conditions can be fatal for elders
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- The Hindustan Times
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- November 7, 2006
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Washington, Nov 7 -- A new study on mice has shown that chronic jet-lag like conditions may hasten death in old age.
Led by Gene Block and Alec Davidson of the University of Virginia, a team of researchers put aged mice into weekly light-cycle shifts, similar to those that humans experience with jet lag or rotating shift work.
The found that those mice experienced significantly higher death rates than did old mice kept on a normal daylight schedule over the same eight-week period.
The study shows gives a new insight into how the disruption of circadian rhythms can impact well-being and physiology, and how those ...