Abstracts in Urgent Care: January, 2014

Metabolic Consequences of Insufficient Sleep Key point: A small, randomized, controlled crossover study demonstrates changes in a critical insulin-signaling pathway in peripheral tissue. Citations: Broussard JL, Ehrmann DA, Van Cauter E, Tasali E, Brady MJ. Impaired insulin signaling in human adipocytes after experimental sleep restriction: A randomized, crossover study. Ann Intern Med 2012;157(8):549-557. and Cappuccio FP, Miller MA. A new challenge to widely held views on the role of sleep. Ann Intern Med 2012;157(8):593-594. Small …

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