Working Night Shifts may Affect Our Body in the Long Run
Genes regulating the immune system and metabolic processes have been found to not adapt to new sleeping and eating patterns which are generally adopted by night shift workers finds a new study.
Genes regulating the immune system and metabolic processes have been found to not adapt to new sleeping and eating patterns which are generally adopted by night shift workers finds a new study.
‘Women who work in night shifts are more likely to have early menopause, which may increase the chances of developing heart disease, osteoporosis and memory problems.’
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The study showed women who had done continued night shifts for 20 months or more in the preceding two years had a nine percent increased the risk of early menopause, the Daily Mail reported. If they had done rotating night shifts for more than 20 years, the risk rose to 73 percent. Read More..
"For women who went through menopause before the age of 45, shift work seemed to be particularly important. This could be due to disruption of their circadian rhythms, stress or fatigue, although more research is needed," lead author David Stock, from the University of Dalhousie in Canada, was quoted as saying.
Early menopause could also come from the stress of working late at night, as stress hormones are believed to disrupt sex hormones like estrogen. This could also increase the chance that a woman stops ovulating, according to the study.
Can Your Risk for Disease be Increased If You Do Night Shifts?
Night shift jobs can put you at a higher risk of developing chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, obesity, insomnia, heart disease and high blood pressure. A new study suggests that women working night shifts are more likely to develop skin, lung and breast cancer.
Night shift jobs can put you at a higher risk of developing chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, obesity, insomnia, heart disease and high blood pressure. A new study suggests that women working night shifts are more likely to develop skin, lung and breast cancer.
For the study, the team studied more than 80,000 nurses who worked at least in the night shifts in a month for over 22 years in addition to day and evening shifts.
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Working Night Shifts, Unhealthy Lifestyle Can Increase Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Working night shifts combined with an unhealthy lifestyle can put you at high risk of type-2 diabetes, finds a new study.
Working night shifts combined with an unhealthy lifestyle can put you at high risk of type-2 diabetes, finds a new study.
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Women who wake up early in the morning are less likely to develop breast cancer, reveals a new study.
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