Health
Cherry juice gives a good nights' sleep
Drinking cherry juice significantly improves both the quality and duration of sleep, according to new findings from Northumbria University.
Nov 2, 2011
0
0
Page 3 - News tagged with shift work
Diabetes
Black women working night shifts have an increased risk of developing diabetes
Data from a large ongoing study into the health of African-American women show that those who work night shifts are significantly more likely to develop diabetes than those who have never worked night shifts, with more years ...
Jan 12, 2015
0
31
Medical research
How excess holiday eating disturbs your 'food clock'
(Medical Xpress)—If the sinful excess of holiday eating sends your system into butter-slathered, brandy-soaked overload, you are not alone: People who are jet-lagged, people who work graveyard shifts and plain-old late-night ...
Dec 24, 2012
0
0
Health
Shift work linked to poorer working memory and slower mental processing speed
Shift work is linked to poorer working memory and slower mental processing speed, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Mar 9, 2022
0
22
Health
A coffee and catnap keep you sharp on the nightshift
A simple coffee and a quick catnap could be the cure for staying alert on the nightshift as new research from the University of South Australia shows that this unlikely combination can improve attention and reduce sleep inertia.
Aug 28, 2020
0
65
Health
Permanent night shift workers at heightened risk of moderate to severe asthma
Shift workers, especially those working permanent night shift rotas, may be at heightened risk of moderate to severe asthma, suggests research published online in the journal Thorax.
Nov 16, 2020
0
24
Neuroscience
Sodium found to regulate the biological clock of mice
A new study from McGill University shows that increases in the concentrations of blood sodium can have an influence on the biological clock of mice, opening new research avenues for potentially treating the negative effects ...
Jul 9, 2020
0
211
Health
Lack of nurses linked to missed care and higher patient mortality
There is a clear correlation between the number of registered nurses working at an acute hospital, the amount of nursing care that is left undone and the number of patients who die, a new thesis from Karolinska Institutet ...
May 5, 2017
0
59
Cardiology
Female shift workers may be at higher risk of heart disease
Women hospital staff working night shifts may be compromising their own health as they try to improve the health of patients, Dr. Joan Tranmer told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2011, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke ...
Oct 23, 2011
0
0
Vaccination
Study finds night staff at nursing homes had lower rates of COVID-19 testing and vaccination than day shift
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, regular testing and vaccinations of nursing home staff have been critical strategies for containing virus outbreaks in nursing homes.
Feb 7, 2023
0
13
