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Late nights and disease

It took only one night of too little sleep to change blood levels of an inflammation-causing protein in women volunteers

By Tina Hesman Saey

- More than 2 years ago

15Staying up late makes for a swell time, but not in a good way.

A finding appearing in the Sept. 15 Biological Psychiatry offers more evidence that lack of sleep can lead to inflammation and disease.