Discover This Night Shift Health Problem
By Kirsten Whittaker
Is the extra money you earn for working the night shift worth the risk to your health? Is this night shift health problem recently discovered going to have you thinking again?
One of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reports, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, showed a 36% greater risk of breast cancer for women who had worked night shifts for more than 30 years, compared with women who had never worked at night.
As a result, the Danish government is making the first ever payments as compensation to women who've gotten breast cancer after long periods of working nights.
This decision follows a ruling by the IARC, an arm of the UN's World Health Organization that night shifts might just up the risk of developing cancer.
The evidence also suggests night shifts may bring risk of cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal problems, low birth weight babies and longer pregnancies.
Women with a family history of breast cancer have been denied payments.
If you do work nights, be sure to establish a regular daytime sleeping routine (your body needs about 5-9 hours every 24 hours).
By doing all you can to maximize the sleep you get, you should be able to work nights without creating a "night shift" health problem.
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