New study reveals that exposure to outdoor artificial light at night is associated with an increased risk of diabetes

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New study reveals that exposure to outdoor artificial light at night is associated with an increased risk of diabetes

A new study published in Diabetologia finds that outdoor artificial light at night (LAN) is associated with impaired blood glucose control and an increased risk of diabetes, with more than 9 million cases of the disease in Chinese adults being attributed to LAN exposure. The study is by Dr. Yu Xu and colleagues at the Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

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