Gender Increases Frailty Risk for Shift Workers
While exploring the link between shift work and frailty, researchers found significant sex-based differences.
While exploring the link between shift work and frailty, researchers found significant sex-based differences.
Working 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.
An expert practitioner who has treated hundreds of shift workers describes a realistic, sustainable way for sleep heath professionals to help this patient population.
Their 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.
Read More“Based on the results, we can deduce that changes to the DNA methylation of white blood cells are associated with shift work disorder.”
Read MoreTimeshifter – the circadian science company best known for its jet lag app – announced it will finalize $2 million in financing and its plan to launch a new app for shift workers later this year.
Read MoreExosomes disrupt the synchronicity of the body’s systems during night shifts and cause increased insulin resistance and other health issues.
Read MoreChronic jet lag alters the microenvironment surrounding tumor cells, making it more favorable for tumor growth.
Read MoreMany workers nap during a night shift, but they can experience sleep inertia—that grogginess just after awakening.
Read MorePsychiatric Times shares a case of a patient with difficult-to-treat insomnia highlights the pervasive daytime effects of this condition.
Read MoreEmerson Wickwire, PhD, and colleagues conducted a review of literature on shift work and mental health from 2016 to mid-2019 (N=23 articles total), reports Psychiatry Advisor.“Shift workers are faced with an unfair...
Read MoreShift workers are at a significantly increased risk for sleep disorders and metabolic syndrome, which increases a person’s risk for heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Individuals, employers, and...
Read MoreWhile 24/7 operations in the Army make shift work a necessity, this also affects the body’s circadian rhythms which signal the body when one should feel alert or sleepy, reports the U.S. Army.To help service members and...
Read MoreNurses sleep nearly an hour and a half less before work days compared to days off, which hurts...
Read MoreThe harsh reality of shift work and weight gain is the subject of a study being undertaken by...
Read MoreAs people go through their daily and nightly routines, their digestive tracts follow a routine...
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