Overnight shift to be classified as 'probable' cancer cause

[Zarah]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/29/night...r.ap/index.html

"Even worse than working an overnight shift is flipping between daytime and overnight work."

"Because these studies mostly focused on nurses and airline crews, bigger studies in different populations are needed to confirm or disprove the findings."

 

[muff daddy]

Thats why its referred to as the "Graveyard Shift".

 

[Garfield1966]

This really seems like a stretch to me but I guess stranger things have happened.

I wonder if this study takes peoples living habits into account. If someone works a midnight shift on a regular basis but conducts their day light activities as if they worked during the day (bad sleeping and eating habits) then I can see how it could adversely affect their lives.

 

[777 fixer]

Like Garfield1966 said a lot of it has to do with how we treat our bodies. If you have bad eating habits and don't take care of youself you are opening yourself up to problems later in life.

 

[local 12 proud]

Like Garfield1966 said a lot of it has to do with how we treat our bodies. If you have bad eating habits and don't take care of youself you are opening yourself up to problems later in life.

Yep....and that goes for ones choice of sexual partners as well.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...3002535_pf.html