Gender Increases Frailty Risk for Shift Workers
While exploring the link between shift work and frailty, researchers found significant sex-based differences.
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Study: Shift Work Slows Mental Processing
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.
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Anchor Sleep to Survive Shift Work
An expert practitioner who has treated hundreds of shift workers describes a realistic, sustainable way for sleep heath professionals to help this patient population.
Shift Worker Sleep Linked to Chronotype
Their study examines the relationship between chronotype and sleep behavior in shift workers during morning, evening, and night shifts.
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Drivers with Shift Work Sleep Disorder 3x More Likely to Be in Crash
The analysis was based on data collected from a real-world driving study for the second Strategic Highway Research Program established by the US Congress.
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2 Ways Night Shift Work Ups Cancer Risk
Though 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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Sleep Disorder Linked with Shift Work May Affect Gene Function
“Based on the results, we can deduce that changes to the DNA methylation of white blood cells are associated with shift work disorder.”
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Circadian Science Company Timeshifter Develops New App to Help Shift Workers
Timeshifter – 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.
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How Night-Shift Work Causes Internal Clock Confusion
Exosomes disrupt the synchronicity of the body’s systems during night shifts and cause increased insulin resistance and other health issues.
Read MoreHow Shift Work Impacts Body’s Ability to Curb Cancer Growth: Insights from a Study on Mice
Chronic jet lag alters the microenvironment surrounding tumor cells, making it more favorable for tumor growth.
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Does the ‘Caff-Nap’ Work for Shift Workers?
Many workers nap during a night shift, but they can experience sleep inertia—that grogginess just after awakening.
Read MoreInsomnia Associated With Shift Work Sleep Disorder
Psychiatric Times shares a case of a patient with difficult-to-treat insomnia highlights the pervasive daytime effects of this condition.
Read MoreHow Does Shift Work Influence Sleep and Mental Health?
Emerson 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 MoreAuthors of Clinical Review Detail Actions That Shift Workers Can Take to Mitigate Health Risks
Shift 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 MoreLRMC Sleep Expert Stresses Effects of Shift Work on Sleep
While 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...
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Nurses Get Under 7 Hours of Sleep Before Work Shift
Nurses sleep nearly an hour and a half less before work days compared to days off, which hurts...
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Australia Study to Observe Shifting Weight in Shift Workers
The harsh reality of shift work and weight gain is the subject of a study being undertaken by...
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Targeting Clock Genes Could Help Counter Effect of Erratic Sleep Schedules on GI Problems
As people go through their daily and nightly routines, their digestive tracts follow a routine...
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