Melatonin Aids Sleep but Not Insulin Resistance in Shift Workers
Previous research suggests melatonin could help these workers' glucose tolerance and heart health. This led scientists to investigate melatonin's broader effects on the body.
Previous research suggests melatonin could help these workers' glucose tolerance and heart health. This led scientists to investigate melatonin's broader effects on the body.
Exposure to night shift work and rotating shift work is associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment among middle-aged and older adults, according to a new study.
An expert practitioner who has treated hundreds of shift workers describes a realistic, sustainable way for sleep heath professionals to help this patient population.
‘The status quo cannot go on: shift workers are quitting because they can’t meet their basic sleep needs.’
Read MoreResearch sheds light on how stress the brain may experience due to one night of total sleep loss differs between men and women.
Read MoreResearchers have challenged the widespread belief that shift workers adjust to the night shift, using data drawn from wearable tech.
Read MoreResearch, published in the journal Sleep Medicine, investigated how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the sleep of workers in essential occupations, including those who worked in health care, government, and education.
Read MoreWorking outside the normal day-night cycle interferes with the circadian rhythm and the expression of the hormones that govern it—cortisol and melatonin—which in turn disrupts the sleep-wake cycle.
Read MoreSleep deprivation and emotional fatigue can hit anyone, but first responders and healthcare workers are especially vulnerable due to shift work, long hours and the overall stressful nature of their jobs.
Read MoreAlertSafe’s algorithms use a mathematical model based on the biology of sleep to estimate the impact of work schedules on alertness levels.
Read MoreA study led by Sarah Chellappa, a neuroscientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, looks at how careful meal timing can mitigate some of the ill health outcomes of shift work.
Read MoreThe study found up to 60% of the participants were at risk of developing sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea and shift work disorder.
Read MoreManufacturing Business Technology: Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, MPH, discusses how employers and workers can cooperate to ensure ideal sleep.
Read MoreA Journal of Sleep Research editorial highlights recent findings regarding sleep outcomes in various scenarios, including sleep disturbances in the ICU and the association between prenatal maternal sleep and postpartum depression.
Read MoreWhen establishing work shift durations, the guiding principles recommend an approach that includes three strategies: assess risk factors, consider countermeasures, and institute an informed approach.
Read MoreTheir study examines the relationship between chronotype and sleep behavior in shift workers during morning, evening, and night shifts.
Read MoreThe analysis was based on data collected from a real-world driving study for the second Strategic Highway Research Program established by the US Congress.
Read MoreThough more research still needs to be done, these discoveries could someday be used to help prevent and treat cancer in night shift workers.
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