News tagged with shift workers
What drugs do to the brain
Drug abuse is probably linked to an in-built tendency to act without thinking, as shown by studies of siblings of chronic stimulant users, a leading neuroscientist will claim this week.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Biochemical link between biological clock and diabetes discovered
Biologists have found that a key protein that regulates the biological clocks of mammals also regulates glucose production in the liver and that altering the levels of this protein can improve the health of diabetic mice.
Sep 19, 2010 |
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Making bees less busy: Social environment changes internal clocks
Honey bees removed from their usual roles in the hive quickly and drastically changed their biological rhythms, according to a study in the Sept. 15 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The changes were e ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Research describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems
(PhysOrg.com) -- A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body’s Circadian system and may ...
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Feeding the clock: Cycles of feeding and fasting drive circadian gene expression in the liver
When you eat may be just as vital to your health as what you eat, found researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their experiments in mice revealed that the daily waxing and waning of thousands ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Researchers find potential cause of heart risks for shift workers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and colleagues have identified the potential cause of the increased risk for cardiovascular and metabolic disease in shift workers. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Missing or mutated 'clock' gene linked to vascular disease
The circadian clocks that set the rhythmic motion of our bodies for wakeful days and sleepy nights can also set us up for vascular disease when broken, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 25, 2009 |
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'Wrong'-time eating reduces fertility in fruit flies
Dieticians will tell you it isn't healthy to eat late at night: it's a recipe for weight gain. In fruit flies, at least, there's another consequence: reduced fertility.
Jun 07, 2011 |
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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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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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Java and nighttime jobs don't mix: study
Night-shift workers should avoid drinking coffee if they wish to improve their sleep, according to research published in the journal Sleep Medicine. A new study led by Julie Carrier, a Université de Montréal psycho ...
Nov 03, 2009 |
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