Graveyard Shift – Health Hazard

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It’s finally on paper. Everyone knows that sooner or later, doing work on odd hours can take a toll on your body. But this knowledge has always been conjecture. Just something that when you’re asked to explain you’re asked to explain you just say because– and nothing else.

In my previous work, management was very quick to point out that there isn’t really a correlation between working in the nightshift and sickness. They said that there’s never been a study, a documented one at that, that expressly links the two. Not that a lot of kids there care. The night premium was enough to silence everyone.

But now there’s this article in Wired that somehow, though not very definitive, is claiming that there may be a link to certain illnesses and working those irregular hours after all.

I think us nightshift folks should take heed of this article.

But you know what would be better? It would be great if we can send this article out to our nightshift friends just so they know what they’ve gotten themselves into. As for me, highlighting this article here is my way of spreading the bad news of the graveyard shift.

Here it is:

NIGHT SHIFT MAKES METABOLISM GO HAYWIRE

Note: If you’d like to closely monitor your sleeping pattern you could try yawn log.

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