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Artificial light in your office may affect your health

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Artificial light in your office may affect your health
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If you spend your workday under fluorescent lights, new research suggests your body may notice.
In a study of animals that, like people, are active during the day, findings revealed that living under fluorescent office lighting was linked to weaker daily rhythms, higher rates of diabetic-range blood glucose, and less active sperm than those living under daylight equivalent light. But a single hour of midday light helped make up the difference.
“As modern humans spend most of their time ind

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