These results add to prior evidence of a potentially detrimental effect of rotating night shift work on health and longevity.Beck, Angela J
Night shift workers prone to snacking overnight or eating large meals late are at higher risk of developing chronic health problems, an Australian study finds. Summary:An Australian study finds that night shift workers who eat full meals or snacks overnight have worse glucose toleran...
If working the night shift is causing you too many health problems, talk to your doctor. She can recommend to your employer that they switch you to the day shift. Doing so can have a profoundly positive effect on your overall health. Most managers will do their best to accommodate their e...
Working the night shift can wreak havoc on your sleep and have other negative effects.1This leads to an increased risk of insomnia and other sleep disorders, all of which have an adverse impact on health. Night shift work has specifically been shown to increase the risk of heart and digestiv...
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Millions of people work nights, but increasingly scientists are finding that night work is associated with health problems. Now a group of Italian scientists has found that nightshift workers also need to pee more, leading to a deteriorating quality of life for many workers, including care workers...
“This study reinforces the notion that when you eat matters for determining health outcomes such as blood sugar levels, which are relevant for night workers as they typically eat at night while on shift,” said the study co-leader Sarah L. Chellappa, M.D., Ph.D., a researcher in the...
Diabetes risk within the five shift-work-exposed groups did not differ, suggesting that any exposure to night shift work can be associated with increased risk. "We ought to recognize that there is a health cost to society of exposing large numbers of people to night shift work. Steps should...
MONDAY, March 2 -- Working the night shift might lead to hormonal and metabolic changes that raise risks for obesity, diabetes and heart disease, researchers say. "In the long run, the physiological impact of shift work on several markers involved in the regulation of body weight -- leptin,...
Conclusions We did not find significant increased risk of any of the diseases or symptoms among night shifts nurses than among the women working only during the day. The increased prevalence of thyroid disease among the women with long duration of night shift work warrants further epidemiological ...