Chronic drinking disrupts liver's circadian clock, contributes to alcoholic liver disease
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
Staying on an internal schedule is important for health, and disease can occur if the body’s internal clock is disrupted. A new study reinforces the importance of circadian rhythm, reporting that chronic drinking contributes to alcoholic liver disease because it impairs the liver’s production schedule of molecules that power it to run.