Night workers were found to have significantly higher levels of sex hormones at the wrong time, such as testosterone peaking between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Working on Night Shifts Increases Heart Risk
Working at night shifts could be detrimental to your heart.
Working at night shifts could be detrimental to your heart.
The researchers recruited 75 night and 42 day workers, ages 22 to 64 years, in different working settings and measured their hormone levels in the urine samples.
They found that night workers had higher levels of total progestogens and androgens, compared with day workers, after adjusting for potential confounders.
African-American Women Who Work Night Shifts Have Increased Risk of Diabetes
African-American women who work night shifts have an increased risk of developing diabetes, than those who have never worked night shifts.
African-American women who work night shifts have an increased risk of developing diabetes, than those who have never worked night shifts.
Night workers were found to have significantly higher levels of sex hormones at the wrong time, such as testosterone peaking between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., rather than between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.
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Rotating Night Shifts Affects the Person's Health and Longevity
Working rotating night shifts can pose serious threats to people's health and longevity.
Working rotating night shifts can pose serious threats to people's health and longevity.
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Breast Cancer Risk In Women Could Be Doubled By Long Term Night Shifts
Women who had worked in nights shifts for 30 or more years are twice as likely to suffer from breast cancer, claim researchers.
Women who had worked in nights shifts for 30 or more years are twice as likely to suffer from breast cancer, claim researchers.
