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Night shift work increases the risks of multiple primary cancers in women: a systematic review and meta - analysis of 61 articles.
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In addition, blacks are more likely than whites to do
shift work, often at
night, which can disrupt circadian rhythms and
increase their appetite for sweet and salty foods.
(Reuters Health)- People who occasionally
work night shifts may be at a slightly
increased risk of heart disease, according to a new study.
Overall, long - term
night shift work among women
increased the risk of cancer by 19 percent.
In a study in the current issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers found that women
working rotating
night shifts for five or more years appeared to have a modest
increase in all - cause and CVD mortality and those
working 15 or more years of rotating
night shift work appeared to have a modest
increase in lung cancer mortality.
They found that the risk of breast cancer
increased by 3.3 percent for every five years of
night shift work.
Using data from the Nurses» Health Study (NHS), the authors analyzed 22 years of follow - up and found that
working rotating
night shifts for more than five years was associated with an
increase in all - cause and CVD mortality.
Women who
worked only
nights did not have a statistically
increased risk of menstrual disruption or difficulty conceiving, but they did have an
increased rate of miscarriage (OR 1.29), although this
increased risk of miscarriage was not observed in women who
worked nights as part of a
shift pattern.
In a new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) published in the April 26 issue of JAMA, researchers found that women who
work more than 10 years of rotating
night shift work had a 15 to 18 percent
increased risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD), the most common type of heart disease, as compared with women who did not
work rotating
night shifts.
«Important metabolic functions are also heavily influenced by circadian clocks, which is why activities such as chronic
night -
shift work — which can cause a misalignment of this clock —
increase one's risk for metabolic and autoimmune diseases such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cancer and multiple sclerosis,» said Dr. Akassoglou.
T2DM incidence
increased in early chronotypes with
night shift work and parallel duration of
shift work exposure, whereas late chronotypes featured the greatest risk,
working daytime schedules.
Shift work, long
work schedules,
increased anxiety and an
increased television viewing late at
night and usage of the internet have had an effect on nocturnal sleep.
Studies among nurses have demonstrated that
working night shifts increases risk of IBS.
After adjusting for body mass index (BMI — an estimate of body fat based on height and weight) and lifestyle factors such as diet and smoking, the researchers found that black women who
worked night shifts for 10 or more years still had a 23 percent
increased risk of developing diabetes.
MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News)
Night shift work significantly
increases the risk of diabetes in black women, according to a new study.
And those who had ever
worked the
night shift had a 12 percent
increased risk.
Compared to never
working the
night shift,
working night shifts for 10 or more years
increased the risk of diabetes by 39 percent among women younger than 50 and by 17 percent among those 50 and older.
Another study found that those who
worked rotating
night shifts at least three
nights per month for at least 15 years were at an
increased risk for colorectal cancer.
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It's not just healthy sleep cycles that are at risk, say the researchers, noting «recent evidence linking chronic suppression of melatonin secretion by nocturnal light exposure with the
increased risk of breast, colorectal and advanced prostate cancer associated with
night -
shift work.»