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In Practice, 2006
BY 2002, Joanne Leathers had been qualified for several years, and was working in a busy mixed practice. But disillusionment was creeping in: a gruelling work schedule seemed to leave no time for a social life or outside pursuits. She decided a change was needed. Here, she describes her new life working in an out‐of‐hours emergency clinic.
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BY 2002, Joanne Leathers had been qualified for several years, and was working in a busy mixed practice. But disillusionment was creeping in: a gruelling work schedule seemed to leave no time for a social life or outside pursuits. She decided a change was needed. Here, she describes her new life working in an out‐of‐hours emergency clinic.
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Night shift dose and stress at work
Ergonomics, 1993In a new approach to the problem of night work and its consequences, an investigation of the relationships between shift variables, stress at work (environmental and psychosocial aspects), well-being and health, and lifestyle characteristics was carried out, taking into consideration the actual number of remunerated night shifts ('night shift dose ...
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Night Shift Work and Hormone Levels in Women
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2012AbstractBackground: Night shift work may disrupt the normal nocturnal rise in melatonin, resulting in increased breast cancer risk, possibly through increased reproductive hormone levels. We investigated whether night shift work is associated with decreased levels of urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin, the primary metabolite of melatonin, and increased ...
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Night Shift Work and the Risk of Endometrial Cancer
Cancer Research, 2007Abstract Melatonin has several oncostatic properties, including possible anti-estrogenic and anti-aromatase activity, and seems to be linked with fat metabolism. Night workers have lower levels of melatonin, which may predispose them to develop cancer. Endometrial cancer risk is influenced significantly by hormonal and metabolic factors;
Akila N, Viswanathan +2 more
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Characteristics of Illinois night shift work pharmacists
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2009Certain pharmacy sectors including 24-h community retailers and hospitals usually divide work schedules by shifts such as daytime, evening, and night shifts. The pharmacy literature dealing with the various types of alternative work schedules has not addressed the pharmacy night shift workforce specifically.To obtain baseline information on night shift
Ana C, Quiñones, Jacob, Thompson
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THE MIND THAT WORKS THE NIGHT SHIFT
THE MIND THAT WORKS THE NIGHT SHIFTWhat do Donald Trump, Margaret Thatcher, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Indra Nooyi, Elon Musk and Shah Rukh Khan have in common? These are all reputed personalities, known for barely sleeping 3–6 hours per night. When Edison was proclaiming that genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, was he hinting at ...
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Night Shift Work and Risk of Breast Cancer
Current Environmental Health Reports, 2017Night work is increasingly common and a necessity in certain sectors of the modern 24-h society. The embedded exposure to light-at-night, which suppresses the nocturnal hormone melatonin with oncostatic properties and circadian disruption, i.e., misalignment between internal and external night and between cells and organs, are suggested as main ...
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Veterinary Nursing Journal, 2001
Working nights in an emergency clinic has its challenges—and rewards—as Catherine Goulding explains. The key to effective working is to avoid problems of sleep deprivation, and Catherine offers a number of tips in this respect. These apply both to those working regular night shifts and those called upon every so often to deal with an out-of hours ...
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Working nights in an emergency clinic has its challenges—and rewards—as Catherine Goulding explains. The key to effective working is to avoid problems of sleep deprivation, and Catherine offers a number of tips in this respect. These apply both to those working regular night shifts and those called upon every so often to deal with an out-of hours ...
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Night shift work and its carcinogenicity
The Lancet Oncology, 2019Yin, Zhang, Kyriaki, Papantoniou
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