Working nights long-term doubles breast cancer risk: study (Queen's...
(Source: Queen's University) 2013-07-02 Working night shifts for 30 or more years doubles the risk of developing breast cancer, and is not confined to nurses as previous research has indicated, a...
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VANCOUVER (Canada): Working night shifts for 30 or more years doubles the risk of developing breast cancer in a diverse mix of occupations, according to a new Canadian study. China's Xinhua news...
View ArticleWorking nights 'doubles breast-cancer risk'
(GUARDIAN) — Working night shifts for more than 30 years could double women’s risk of developing breast cancer, a study has suggested. Canadian researchers examined 1,134 women with breast cancer and...
View ArticleExposure to toxic soup of chemicals at work increases breast cancer risk...
Women who work in jobs where they are exposed to a 'toxic soup' of chemicals are at a much higher risk of developing breast cancer, according to an international research study lead by the University...
View ArticleBreast cancer 'linked' to chemical jobs, Stirling study suggests
Women working in jobs where they are exposed to certain chemicals may have a greater risk of developing breast cancer, a study suggests. The international research by the Occupational and...
View ArticleStudy: Alcohol raises risk of breast cancer
Some women who drink to their health may want to reconsider. A new study shows that women who routinely have even small amounts of alcohol, as few as three drinks a week, have an elevated risk of...
View ArticleShift work: Good for your pocketbook, bad for your health
These days, it's just good to have a job. But remaining gainfully employed can take a toll on health, especially if your work has you up at odd hours and sleeping irregularly. Shift work, say two...
View ArticleLinks between Night Shift Work and Cancer: U of L researchers Seek Genetic...
November 29, 2012 Dr. Olga Kovalchuk, a medical doctor and biological Sciences researcher at the University of Lethbridge, is studying how something as simple as sleep disruption could make cells...
View ArticleDrinking Alcohol During Early Adulthood Raises Women's Breast Cancer Risk,...
Teens and young adult women may really want to lay off the alcohol: A new study shows a link between drinking in young adulthood and increased risk of breast cancer. Researchers from the Washington...
View ArticleAsk Mr. Dad: The long road from graveyard shift to cradle
Dear Mr. Dad: My wife and I have been trying to have a baby for the past year. Both of us have been thoroughly checked out and neither of us has any physical conditions that could be causing problems....
View ArticleWhere You Work Matters When it Comes to Breast Cancer Risk
Regulations to protect workers from on-the-job hazards — and to compensate them for occupational harms — have a strong and storied history in the United States and Canada. But those protections are...
View ArticleNight work 'may put women's health at risk': study
Researchers have examined the effect of night work on the health of women in a major population study carried out in France between 2005 and 2008. Breast cancer is the number one cause of female...
View ArticleStudy identifies occupational risks of breast cancer
VANCOUVER, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Women taking some occupations with potentially high exposures to carcinogens and endocrine disruptors have higher risks of developing breast cancer, showed a new study...
View ArticleShift Work Again Linked With Breast Cancer Risk
Yet another study is linking night shift work with cancer. French researchers from the Centre for research in Epidemiology and Population Health have have found that women who work the night shift...
View ArticleNight Shift Linked to Raised Risk of Ovarian Cancer
But study didn't prove cause-and-effect relationship FRIDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Working at night might do more than throw your schedule out of whack, researchers warn. Women who cover the...
View ArticleNight shift women at greater risk of breast cancer: research
Women who work night shifts are at greater risk of breast cancer especially if they consider themselves a 'morning person', research has found. Women who work nights are twice as likely to develop...
View ArticleHealth risks for night workers
IN TODAY'S world, an increasing number of our workforce work at night. It is estimated that about 20 per cent of the working population in the Western world is engaged in shift work. In addition, our...
View Article'Night shift link' to ovarian cancer
US researchers have found a link between working night shifts and the risk of ovarian cancer. A study of more than 3,000 women suggested that working overnight increased the risk of early-stage cancer...
View ArticleStudy: working overnight shifts increases breast cancer risk
DENVER — New research out of Denmark suggests that working overnight shifts can increase a woman’s chances of getting breast cancer by...
View Article'Night shifts raise risk of breast cancer in women'
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetLONDON: Women who regularly work into the early hours can be nearly four times as likely to develop breast cancer, scientist have warned. The risk is highest among women who are...
View ArticleNight shift raises cancer risk in men - research
Men who work night shift are three times more likely to develop prostate cancer compared to gents doing day work only, new research reveals. Night time workers are also at...
View ArticleDisrupted sleep linked to higher prostate cancer risk
The links between sleep and cancer are now so many, you could build a chain. A new study has found that for men who suffer insomnia and unwelcome wakefulness, the risk of prostate cancer is greater...
View ArticleUConn Prof. Helps Link Nighttime Light, Disordered Sleep & Cancer Risks
A plethora of studies have been published in recent months linking inadequate sleep to obesity, diabetes and stroke. Now, a recent review by the American Medical Association found research that...
View ArticleRisk higher among 'morning larks' working 'night owl' hours
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View ArticleNight Shift May Raise Men's Prostate Cancer Risk, And 7 Other Ways It Could...
Working the night shift might raise a man's risk of prostate cancer by nearly three times, according to a new study in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Researchers at the University of Quebec and...
View ArticleNurses, care workers and others on night shifts could face ‘double...
Working night shifts for long periods of time could double women's risk of developing breast cancer, a study has found. Working night shifts for 30 years can double a woman's risk of getting breast...
View ArticleWorking at nights raises breast cancer risk, warns new research
Women who work long-term night-shift jobs – including nurses, cleaners, care workers and call-centre handlers...
View ArticleDoes working the night shift cause breast cancer?
A new study suggests that the graveyard shift can throw women's hormones off balance, putting their health at risk Working the night shift is no one's idea of fun, but it turns out that it might be...
View ArticleWomen working long-term night-shift jobs are twice as likely to develop...
Women who work long-term night-shift jobs – including nurses, cleaners, care workers and call-centre handlers...
View ArticleNight-shifts blamed for rise in breast cancer rates
Working night shifts for more than 30 years doubles the risk of breast cancer in women, according to new research, which warns the increase may be due to sleep disturbance and a fall in the body’s...
View ArticleLong-term night shifts could ‘double risk of breast cancer’
Working night shifts for long periods of time could double women's risk of developing breast cancer, a study has found. Working night shifts for 30 years can double a woman's risk of getting breast...
View ArticleBreast cancer risk 'doubles from working nights'
Women with unsociable hours at work over 30 years can have a twice as high risk of developing the disease, a new study finds The Canadian study adds to similar results from previous research but the...
View ArticleBreast cancer link to night shift
London - Women who work night shifts are at higher risk of breast cancer, warn researchers. Their findings suggest working at night increases the chances of the disease by 40 percent. Women working...
View ArticleWomen working long-term night-shift jobs face double risk of breast cancer,...
Women who work long-term night-shift jobs – including nurses, cleaners, care workers and call-centre handlers...
View ArticleBreast cancer link to working nights: Three late shifts a week 'doubles the...
Women who work night shifts are at higher risk of breast cancer, warn researchers. Their findings suggest working at night increases the chances of the disease by 40 per cent. Women working more than...
View ArticleWomen working in night shifts at high breast cancer risk
Tweet London, May 29 (ANI): Women who regularly work into the early hours can be nearly four times as likely to develop breast cancer, scientist have warned. The risk is highest among women who are...
View ArticleNight shifts raise risk of breast cancer, says Danish research
Breast tumour risk increased 40% among night workers, shows study triggering HSE investigation into impact on UK workers A night shift at a Royal Mail sorting office during the Christmas period. There...
View ArticleNight shifts up cancer risk in women
LONDON: Working night shifts for more than 30 years can double a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, scientists have warned. In a study published in the British Medical Journal, Canadian...
View ArticleNight shift work linked to breast cancer risk
Women who work night shifts have an increased risk of developing breast cancer, according to doctors at the Danish Cancer Society in Copenhagen. Doctors Johnni Hansen and Christina F. Lassen examined...
View ArticleStudy hints at link between breast cancer, night shifts
The UKâs Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has commissioned research into reported links between working night shifts and breast cancer in women in an attempt to establish whether working at night...
View ArticleNight shift might boost women's breast cancer risk: study
Moreover, the risk appears to be cumulative and highest among women who describe themselves as "morning" people rather than "evening" people, the researchers say. "About 10 to 20 percent of women in...
View ArticleNight shift workers face increased breast cancer risk
Working night shifts for 30 years or more could increase breast cancer risk, a Canadian review suggests. The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) considers...
View ArticleNew study suggests working night shifts for long periods doubles breast...
| Researchers in Canada report new findings in the journal linking breast cancer risk to long term night shift work. The study examined more than 2,300 women in Vancouver, British Columbia and...
View ArticleLong term night shifts up breast cancer risk
Researchers have claimed that women who had worked in nights shifts for 30 or more years are twice as likely to suffer from breast cancer. In the study, they assessed whether night shifts were...
View ArticleLong term night shifts could double breast cancer risk
Washington: Researchers have claimed that women who had worked in nights shifts for 30 or more years are twice as likely to suffer from breast cancer. The study, published in Occupational and...
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