Boston – Women who work rotating night shifts face a higher risk of heart disease, indicates a study of nurses from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Using the Nurses’ Health Studies (1 and 2), researchers examined data from about 190,000 women who were tracked for more than 24 years. Rotating night shift work was characterized as at least three night shifts per month, in addition to day and evening shifts. Click here to learn more.
Thanks for the share, NSC!