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Losing sleep can upset the body's metabolism and possibly hasten the onset of age-related illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and memory loss, researchers said yesterday. Previous studies have shown the harm to mental functioning caused by a loss of sleep, but a team of University of Chicago researchers found the body reacts adversely as well.
``We found that the metabolic and endocrine (hormonal system) changes resulting from a significant sleep debt mimic many of the hallmarks of ageing,'' said Eve Van Cauter, who directed the study published in the Lancet, a medical journal. ``We suspect that chronic sleep loss may not only hasten the onset but could also increase the severity of age-related ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and memory loss,'' she said.
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