Association Between Rotating Night Shift Work and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Among Women
Summary
Among 189,158 nurses followed up to 24 years, longer duration of rotating night shift work was associated with a small but significant increase in CHD risk.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
Prospective data how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules tracked with sleep, alertness, recovery, and metabolic markers for night‑shift workers and night owls. Overall, the data make the schedule itself visible in physiology, not just in how people feel subjectively. For the audience living on night schedules, the key meaning is that the schedule’s timing choices show up in measurable outcomes.
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