Shift workers who compromise sleep may be at risk for diabetes, other chronic conditions. CNN (3/26, Park) reported that people that work at night "are at higher risk for heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions. With biology beckoning their bodies to sleep during the night, shift workers say they struggle to stay awake no matter how many years they've done it." Jeanne Geiger-Brown, an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing who researches shift work and sleep, said that "even when night shift workers try to sleep eight hours during the day to be ready for work, they don't get enough sleep."
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Shift Workers and Illness
Shift workers who compromise sleep may be at risk for diabetes, other chronic conditions. CNN (3/26, Park) reported that people that work at night "are at higher risk for heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions. With biology beckoning their bodies to sleep during the night, shift workers say they struggle to stay awake no matter how many years they've done it." Jeanne Geiger-Brown, an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing who researches shift work and sleep, said that "even when night shift workers try to sleep eight hours during the day to be ready for work, they don't get enough sleep."
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