WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: A NIGHT SHIFT SCHEDULE IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED DNA DAMAGE AND MISALIGNMENT OF THE DNA REPAIR MECHANISM, PROVIDING A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR THE ELEVATED RISK OF CANCER IN NIGHT SHIFT WORKERS. CREDIT: BALA KORITALA SPOKANE, Wash. – New clues as to why night shift workers are at increased risk of developing...
Night-shift workers face an increased risk of obesity and diabetes, but the underlying reason for that has been a mystery. Now, University of Missouri School of Medicine researchers have found a potential cause for metabolic changes during night-shift work that creates confusion between cells in the body and the central clock in the brain. “We hypothesized that the...
