Room light before bedtime may impact sleep quality, blood pressure and diabetes risk
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 09:02
in Health & Medicine
According to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), exposure to electrical light between dusk and bedtime strongly suppresses melatonin levels and may impact physiologic processes regulated by melatonin signaling, such as sleepiness, thermoregulation, blood pressure and glucose homeostasis.