Pradeep Sahota and Mahesh Thakkar, University of Missouri School of Medicine (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

Pradeep Sahota and Mahesh Thakkar, University of Missouri School of Medicine

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University of Missouri School of Medicine researchers Pradeep Sahota, M.D., and Mahesh Thakkar, Ph.D., studied alcohol's effects on sleep for more than five years. The researchers have found that drinking alcohol to fall asleep interferes with sleep homeostasis, the body's sleep-regulating mechanism.

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Justin Kelley/University of Missouri Health System

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