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Article: Body clock 'cog' finding could end jet lag
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- The Hindustan Times
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- May 16, 2008
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London, May 16 -- International travellers, who often complain of jet lag and sleeping disorders will soon have a treatment in hand, as scientists have now discovered a unique "cog" in the sleep-controlling human body clock which may help them avert these disorders.
It is believed that the body clock governs the circadian rhythms of the body and connects the cycles of metabolism and behaviour to the cycle of day and night.
It often gets disrupted by old age, disease, international travel and shift work and such disturbance not only causes problems sleeping and eating, but also leads to serious illness.
And now, ...