Working on night shifts can raise chances of diabetes and obesity, study shows

May 10, 2024, at 10:43 pm

Just a few days on a night shift schedule throws off protein rhythms related to blood glucose regulation, energy metabolism and inflammation, processes that can influence the development of chronic metabolic conditions.

Nightshift workers need to pee more, worsening quality of life, reveals survey

Mar 18, 2019, at 07:46 pm

Rome, Mar 18 (IBNS): Millions of people work nights, but increasingly scientists are finding that night work is associated with health problems.

Frequent night shift work boosts likelihood of Type 2 diabetes, finds study

Feb 18, 2018, at 01:40 am

New York, Feb 17 (IBNS): Healthcare workers, security guards and other employees who periodically work the night shift are significantly more likely to have Type 2 diabetes than workers who work only days, according to a sweeping new study by researchers from CU Boulder and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston.