Safety: Nonstandard Work Shifts May Hinder Recovery
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Working a nonstandard shift increases the chances that a worker will be injured on the job and how long it might take to recover, researchers say.
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NEW YORK  - Children whose mothers work  nights, evenings or rotating shifts are more likely to be  behind the curve in mental development at age 2 and in language  ability at age 3, new research reports.
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There's a possible trend afoot that may actually help workers.
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Studies worldwide suggest employees spend about a fifth of their work shifts engaging in personal activities, with the favorite time wasters including surfing the Web and sending personal e-mail messages.
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America's doctors-in-training are committing serious errors as a result of being forced to work over 80 hours a week, says new research which suggests the U.S. medical community has been slow to tackle sleep deprivation in its staff.
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Investing in depressed employees &#151; quickly getting them treatment and even offering telephone psychotherapy &#151; can cut absenteeism while improving workers' health, a study suggests.
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A study reveals most doctors do not believe changes to out-of-hours services have improved patient care.
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Bleary-eyed shift workers have had their suspicions confirmed. A new study has found working as many as one-in-four night-shift workers develop sleep disorders.
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Setting tight work deadlines can raise the risk of suffering a heart attack six-fold, researchers believe. Staff working hard to get a task completed on time were six times more likely to have an attack in the next 24 hours than co-workers, a study said.
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The stress of returning to work on a Monday morning can trigger a dangerous increase in blood pressure, scientists say.
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If you have a slight fever, or even just a cold, you could be risking serious heart problems if you go to work, say researchers in a news study.
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NEW YORK  - People who work from  mid-afternoon into the wee hours of the night are liable to  develop problems such as heartburn, stomach ulcers and  constipation, new research shows.
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You&#39;re less likely to remember important tasks when you&#39;re stressed out, Yale Medical School researchers confirm. While this may come as little surprise to busy moms, business executives and college students, the scientists now have an explanation.
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IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 19  /PRNewswire/ -- Many employees fail to clean their personal workspace, which could ultimately lead to more sick days, according to an online poll conducted by IOGEAR.
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The morning after the night before is the main reason in Britain for employees calling in sick, a study published Wednesday showed.
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When work deadlines loom or the pressure of office life is turned up a notch itâs not uncommon for many of us to sit at our desks and stare at our computer screens for hours at a time without a break.
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NEW YORK  - The results of a study   published in the American Journal of Epidemiology suggest there   is a significant association between rotating-shift work and   prostate cancer.