Sleep is critical for daytime and neurocognitive functioning, as well as physical and mental health. When people work shifts – in 2015, 21% of workers in the European Union did – their circadian sleep ...

Research by the University of Southampton has found nurses value both choice and consistency in their shift patterns to help balance work with commitments in their home life. Providing a good ...

A simple question about work hours has highlighted a larger health concern: how modern work schedules silently shape long-term well-being. Dr Sudhir Kumar, senior neurologist at Apollo Hospitals in ...

A new study examining the effects of sleep patterns and shift work on the immune system has found that sleep debt and night shifts increase the risk of several common infections in nurses. Modern ...

Timed exposure to light. Based on the results of several studies, the AASM concludes that timed light exposure in the work environment and light restriction in the morning, when feasible, decreases ...