News tagged with shift work
Body clock drugs could ease psychiatric disorders and jet lag
UK researchers have successfully used a drug to reset and restart the natural 24 hour body clock of mice in the lab. The ability to do this in a mammal opens up the possibility of dealing with a range of human difficulties ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Cohabiting parents struggle with nonstandard work schedules
Irregular work schedules appear harmful to the well-being of cohabiting parents, a growing segment of the U.S. population, a study by Michigan State University researchers finds.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Scientists clock on to how sunlight shapes daily rhythms
Fresh insight into how biological clocks adjust to having less sunlight in the winter could help us better understand the impact of jet lag and shift work.
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Sweet innovation for citrus fruits
Researchers in Spain have developed sophisticated machines to sort citrus fruit before they reach consumers. The prototypes can detect and separate rotten oranges, and can classify mandarin segments. Citrus ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Blood pressure management: Sleep on it
A daytime sleep could have cardiovascular benefits according to new research by Ryan Brindle and Sarah Conklin, PhD, from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania in the US. Their study, looking at the effect of a daytime nap on ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Jet lag disturbs sleep by upsetting internal clocks in 2 neural centers
Jet lag is the bane of many travelers, and similar fatigue can plague people who work in rotating shifts. Scientists know the problem results from disruption to the body's normal rhythms and are getting closer to a better ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Workers most invested in their jobs have highest stress levels, study shows
A workplace's key employees may be at the greatest risk of experiencing high levels of work stress, according to a new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
Jan 25, 2011 |
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UK: New guidelines to ease sleepless nights
Insomnia and other sleep disorders are very common, yet are not generally well understood by doctors and other health care professionals. Now the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) has released up-to-the-minute ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Caffeine reduces mistakes made by shift workers
Caffeine can help those working shifts or nights to make fewer errors, according to a new study by Cochrane researchers. The findings have implications for health workers and for any industry relying on shift or night work, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 11, 2010 |
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Shift workers at more risk for irritable bowel syndrome, study says
Nurses participating in shift work, especially those working rotating shifts, face a significantly increased risk of developing Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and abdominal pain compared to those working a standard day-time ...
Mar 18, 2010 |
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The best and worst work schedules: Shift start times can impact sleep and alertness
Regulations that limit the number of hours worked also should provide guidance for shift start times to maximize workers' sleep opportunity and minimize the risk of on-the-job fatigue, according to a research abstract that ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Shift work linked to higher risk of work injury: study
Canadians who work night and rotating shifts are almost twice as likely to be injured on the job than those working regular day shifts, according to a study by researchers at the University of British Columbia.
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Immigrant Latinos in rural Illinois have unique child care needs
Finding good child care and being able to engage easily in important interactions with your child care provider are critical to any mother's ability to work outside the home.
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Study finds shorter work shifts aid in detection of colon polyps
A shorter daily shift schedule for endoscopists, the physicians who perform colonoscopies, avoids a decrease in the polyp detection rate as the day progresses, research from Mayo Clinic indicates. The findings, which have ...
May 03, 2010 |
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Shift working aggravates metabolic syndrome development among middle-aged males
Shift work exposures can accelerate metabolic syndrome (MetS) development among the large population of middle-aged males with elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT). Elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (e-ALT) is a ...
Dec 17, 2009 |
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