Even After Years of Night Shift Work, Many People Do Not Adjust
Researchers have challenged the widespread belief that shift workers adjust to the night shift, using data drawn from wearable tech.
Researchers have challenged the widespread belief that shift workers adjust to the night shift, using data drawn from wearable tech.
Jet lag isn't the only explanation for feeling fatigued when on vacation.
A new University of Colorado Boulder study suggests prebiotics, which serve as food for beneficial gut bacteria, could play an important role in helping people bounce back from jet lag.
Pivotal trial results of Vanda Pharmaceuticals’ Hetlioz (tasimelteon) related to patient entrainment are published in the August issue of The Lancet. The trial results are from the SET (Safety and Efficacy of Tasimelteon)...
Though more research still needs to be done, these discoveries could someday be used to help prevent and treat cancer in night shift workers.
NBA teams may be better off boarding a plane for the next city immediately after their previous game ends—as opposed to staying overnight.
In time, scientists' growing understanding of the genetic underpinnings of delayed sleep phase and other circadian disorders could pave the way to novel therapeutics.
Geriatric populations are simultaneously more likely to have insomnia and less likely to tell their medical team about it.