We discuss 4 recent publications from the world of sleep science with Dr Jonathan Cedernaes. Discussing weekend sleep recovery, shift work & cancer, daylight saving time, and the inter-individuality in light response of the human circadian system

Publication discussed in this episode:

1) Ad libitum Weekend Recovery Sleep Fails to Prevent Metabolic Dysregulation during a Repeating Pattern of Insufficient Sleep and Weekend Recovery Sleep. 

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30098-3

2) Why Should We Abolish Daylight Saving Time? 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0748730419854197

3) Shift work and cancer

Carcinogenicity of shift work

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(19)30455-3/fulltext

Night shift work and risk of breast cancer in women: the Generations Study cohort

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41416-019-0485-7

4) High sensitivity and interindividual variability in the response of the human circadian system to evening light 

https://www.pnas.org/content/116/24/12019

 

This episode's guest:

Jonathan Cedernaes MD, PhD is a senior researcher at Uppsala University where he completed both his medical degree and his PhD in the Department of Neuroscience.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-cedernaes-176b3159

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JCedernaes

Sleep Science Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/495466987134152/

More Resources:

Society for Research on Biological Rhythms: https://srbr.org/

Sleep 4 Performance podcast with Sean Cain: https://bit.ly/2nGEhme

Episode Homepage: http://sleepjunkies.com/research-roundup-sep-2019/

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