At a time when companies are increasing in-office days, cutting layers of management and slowing salary increases, a new ...

As emergency physicians, we are all too familiar with the challenges of shift work: The bleary-eyed drive home at 8 a.m., the struggle to sleep while the sun is shining brightly outside, and the ...

In the U.S. alone there are 5.2 million registered nurses, 800,000 police officers, and more than a million career and volunteer firefighters, many of which work shifts. Story Continues Terms ...

It now classifies shift work as a Group 2A carcinogen - putting it in the same risk category as tobacco and certain industrial chemicals. That’s because circadian disruption throws your system ...

Variable shifts in the service sector, accounting for more than 23 million jobs, can also make it harder for parents to plan their weeks, or even work at all. In the U.S., nearly one million working ...

Rotating shift workers tend to have lower levels of the feel-good hormone serotonin, leading to disturbed sleep patterns, suggests new research. Researchers at the University of Buenos ...

The results showed participants who engaged in irregular shift work had significantly higher odds of developing migraine (odds ratio [OR], 1.61; 95% CI, 1.32-1.96; P < .05). In three studies with ...

Women who work night shifts or jobs that are physically demanding may be hurting their chances of getting pregnant, a new study by Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health says.