Scientists have learned, who often is ill with cancer – owls or larks


Researchers from the University of Bristol tested 341 DNA fragment, which is responsible for the tendency to the way of life “owl” or “lark”.

The obtained data correlated to the risk of development of malignant breast tumors from more than 400 thousand people. It turned out that the “owls” suffer from breast cancer is 48% more “larks”.

The reason for this regularity is still unclear. It may be associated with stress, which many “owls”, running in the morning, suffer from frequent lack of sleep. In addition, the link between cancer and lifestyle can be explained by the violation of the body’s internal clock and their effect on hormones, immunity, metabolism, etc., transfers “the Newspaper.ru”.

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