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Sleep Debt Affects Female Fertility Too

  • October 28, 2004

How well you sleep or don't sleep can seriously alter the balance of hormones in your body and can also disrupt your sleep/wake cycle, also called the circadian rhythm. A disrupted circadian rhythm may influence cancer progression through shifts in hormones like melatonin, which the brain makes during sleep. The right amount of sleep is also key to replenishing a woman's reproductive system. Too little sleep, however, can even lead to menstrual irregularity which may delay the time it...