Light sleepers
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Researchers are discovering more about how light and darkness affect biological rhythms and sleeping and waking cycles. A hormone called melatonin is produced in the body at night by the suprachiasmatic nuclei, which injected into mammals will mimic nighttime bodily functions.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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The rhythm method: chronotherapeutics
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Recent research refutes homeostasis, an old theory that medications work best if administered evenly over a 24-hour period. Doctors now know that biochemical changes take place in the body, and this is affecting the manner in which some drugs are prescribed.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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No light for the corridor: India and Bangladesh
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A long standing border dispute between India and Bangladesh over a strip of land not much larger than a football field is defying an easy resolution. The Tin Bigha corridor connecting two Indian enclaves also separates two Bangladeshi enclaves.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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