PeteFTM
Winger
Working 3 shift patterns is terrible for people's mental and physical health long-term, which should be priority over money. Absolutely no problem with this, as long as people don't lose their jobs and are just going on to a 2 shift pattern.
Health is far more important than an extra few quid.
Shift work 'ages the brain', study suggests
“Shift work dulls your brain,” BBC News reports. In a French study, researchers assessed 3,232 adults using a variety of cognitive tests and compared the results between people who reported they had never performed…
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Study links shift work to increased risk of diabetes
“Type 2 diabetes is more common in people who work shifts, a large international study suggests,” BBC News reports. The BBC reports on a review that searched the literature and found 12 studies including more than 225,000 people…
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Long-term night shifts can 'double' breast cancer risk
“Women who work long-term night-shift jobs … are twice as likely to develop breast cancer,” is the story in The Independent, as well as a number of other newspapers. The report is based on a study which found that women who worked night shifts for 30…
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Genetic effects of shift work examined
“Night work ‘throws body into chaos’,” reports the BBC News website. The news is based on a new study from researchers at the University of Surrey which found that the daily rhythms of genes are disrupted by shifting sleep times…
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Health is far more important than an extra few quid.