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> December 28, 2001:
Hour One: Chronobiology
This fall, a study looking at the link between night work and breast
cancer concluded that shift workers are at a higher risk--possibly because
late-night work disrupts the body's light-dark hormone cycles. In this
hour, we'll talk about chronobiology, and the connection between health,
illness, and our body's rhythms.
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners'
Lounge (registration
required).
Guests:
Michael Smolensky
Co-author, "The
Body Clock Guide to Better Health" (Henry Holt & Company, 2001)
Editor, "Chronobiology
International"
Co-founder and former director, Hermann Hospital Clinical Chronobiology
Center and Clinic
Professor, Environmental Physiology
School of Public Health
University of Texas Health Science
Center
Houston, Texas
Dr. William Hrushesky
Director, Research
W.J.B. Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Professor
University of South Carolina School
of Medicine
Columbia, South Carolina
Richard Stevens
Cancer Epidemiologist
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, Connecticut
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
- American
Association of Medical Chronobiology and Chronotherapeutics
The
International Society for Chronobiology
The
Sleep, Chronobiology and Neuroendocrinology Group
Medical
Chronobiology Laboratory
Center
for Sleep and Circadian Biology-Northwestern University
Shedding
Light on Circadian Rhythms
The
Biological Clock
bmj.com
Hastings 317 (7174): 1704
Why
Don't Circadian Rhythms Coincide With the 24-Hour Day?
This segment produced by: Karin
Vergoth
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