Humans have evolved to sleep at night and be active during the day Shift work can disrupt many aspects of your life. A 2020 study of 86 nurses who worked eight-hour, rapidly rotating shifts found they ...

Train and bus drivers, doctors and carers, employees in companies where machines run around the clock: In many industries, people work in shifts. Some start early in the morning, or at midday. Others ...

(Bloomberg)—Hybrid workers are settling into a pattern of staying home twice a week, but it’s not the days you’d expect. While many companies’ flexible-work plans have sought to get people in the ...

New evidence from more than 266,000 UK adults reveals that working permanent night shifts can disrupt the body’s internal clock, alter gut function, and heighten the risk of irritable bowel syndrome.

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 ...

Although many people cringe at the idea of waking up early for work, researchers deem morning shifts are better for employees compared to working at night. A study published in Plos One journal ...

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 ...