Shift work has increasingly become a studied topic due to its threat to the physical health and mental well-being of shift workers. Firefighter shift work comprises long hours often combined with ...

Only four weeks of shift work-like patterns in female mice are enough to disrupt their biological clock and reduce fertility, according to research presented at the 25th European Congress of ...

Research by the University of Southampton has found nurses value both choice and consistency in their shift patterns to help balance work with commitments in their home life. Providing a good ...

A new study examining the effects of sleep patterns and shift work on the immune system has found that sleep debt and night shifts increase the risk of several common infections in nurses. Modern ...

Shift work disorder is a sleep disorder that specifically affects people working either night shifts or rotating shifts outside of a more common nine-to-five-type schedule. Working (or doing other ...