Health
Light exposure before nightshift cuts fatigue, errors
Exposing nurses working nights to light before their shift cuts fatigue and errors, according to a study published online April 18 in Sleep Health.
May 15, 2023
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News tagged with night shift workers
Health
Time-restricted eating can lower blood sugar levels, but may impact sleep and alertness
Time-restricted eating—a form of intermittent fasting and popular diet strategy—can lower glucose and hunger levels but may also leave people feeling less alert, according to a Colorado State University researcher.
May 4, 2023
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Health
Shift workers eat more and face higher illness risk than day workers, says study
Rotating shift workers eat more kilojoules, snack more on junk food, and don't eat as many nutritious foods, increasing their risk of diet-related illness, Monash University-led research has found.
Mar 7, 2023
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Shift workers found to have a higher risk of severe COVID-19
Working night shifts is associated with several negative health outcomes, including an increased risk of infections. Now an international group of researchers has investigated how shift work and working face-to-face with ...
Dec 13, 2022
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Medical economics
Action needed to avert anesthetist shortage of 11,000 by 2040, which could affect over 8 million operations
The anesthesia workforce in the UK is facing a huge challenge of large numbers of experienced anesthetists retiring, many at the earliest opportunity, and an aging profile of those that remain. A paper published in Anaesthesia ...
Sep 28, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Shift workers can't all adjust to a night shift, research finds
Scientists at the University of Warwick, jointly with those at Université Paris-Saclay, Inserm and Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (France), have challenged the widespread belief that shift workers adjust to the night ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Doctors and nurses need 20-minute power naps during night shifts to keep patients safe
A review at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Milan, Italy (4-6 June) on the potentially lethal effects of fatigue on doctors and nurses themselves, and its impact on the quality of their clinical work and judgment ...
Jun 5, 2022
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Early bird or night owl? Study links shift worker sleep to 'chronotype'
Getting enough sleep can be a real challenge for shift workers affecting their overall health. But what role does being an early bird or night owl play in getting good rest? Researchers from McGill University find a link ...
Jun 1, 2021
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Shift workers at risk for heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes
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 physicians ...
Feb 3, 2020
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Shift and FIFO workers at high risk of fatigue
Almost all (97 percent) shift workers are unable to adjust their body clocks between day and night shifts and are missing out on quality sleep, it was reported at the Royal Perth Hospital Research Foundation's Pilbara Sleep ...
May 29, 2019
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