Word: circadian
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There is increasing evidence that people who work the night shift pay a physiological toll as they depart from the basic time clock dictated by their circadian rhythms. They also have more frequent job-related accidents and have to struggle harder to maintain their at-work focus. And when workers suffer, companies suffer. Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, CEO of Boston-based Circadian Technologies and author of The Twenty-Four-Hour Society, observes that the firms that have chosen to "push it to the max get hit later by the hidden problem of fatigue, burnout and stress." Sometimes the results...
...Coburn, publisher of the newsletter ShiftWork Alert, says American companies have gradually become more aware of the problems inherent in altering human circadian rhythms. Yet he observes that U.S. job culture still has not woken up, so to speak, to the need for more adaptation. Doctors, he notes, enter residency programs expected to work 36 hours in two days, having been taught almost nothing about how to sleep during the day or how to use naps to offset the effects of exhaustion. "The macho thing is very significant," he says. "Those who have been living with this for so long...
Most students are dimly aware that all-nighters aren't healthy. A recent Harvard study of circadian rhythms showed, among other findings, just how much they can throw a body...
...students who cram for a test until the daylight hours, they may find it difficult to get back on track the next morning. Kronauer said since people are most sensitive to light in the evenings, working through the night can wreak havoc with the circadian pacemaker...
Most students are dimly aware that all-nighters aren't healthy. A recent Harvard study of circadian rhythms showed, among other findings, just how much they can throw a body...