Irregular Sleeping Habits Can Lead To Potentially Fatal Lung Disease: Study

Not following a regular sleep schedule can result in deadly lung diseases, a new study has found.

The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, noted that irregular sleeping patterns can adversely affect the body’s natural biological clock (also known as the circadian clock), which can lead to lung scarring or pulmonary fibrosis, a potentially deadly disease in which connective tissue builds up in the lungs, hardening them and causing breathing difficulties.

It comes down to a protein associated with the circadian clock called REV-ERBα, a circadian rhythm protein that regulates…

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