Working an occasional night shift for a prolonged period could ultimately kill you, according to a major new study. Researchers in the US looked at the medical records of about 189,000 women over a 24 ...

Recent research suggests that the modern day-day-night-night shift pattern for shift workers may not be as disruptive or as potentially carcinogenic as older, more extreme shift patterns. Recent ...

Shift work is linked to a heightened risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with the risk seemingly greatest among men and those working rotating shift patterns, indicates an analysis of the available ...

WORKPLACES should operate new shift patterns that would see staff in work four days followed by 10 days working from home, a new report recommends. The study by Imperial College London chemical ...

More than 3.5 million people work irregular hours in the UK - and all of them are at greater risk of cancer, experts warn We are, as a nation, working longer hours and increasingly unsociable hours.

Long-term shift work has an ageing effect on the brain that leads to an impaired ability to think and remember, according to a new study. The findings show that a decade or more of working rotating ...

Biological rhythms are an essential component of homoeostasis: ‘everything is rhythmic unless proved otherwise’. Most rhythms are driven by an internal biological clock located in the hypothalamic ...

Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Working an irregular shift pattern may be causing long-term damage to people’s memory and mental abilities, new ...