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 ...

If you work on a regular 9 to 5 schedule, then you may not be aware of a condition known as Shift Work Sleep Disorder (SWSD). Working during the daylight hours can be exhausting enough, but working ...

Shift workers are more prone to short sleep and a range of sleep disorders, a large Belgian study finds. The problem was worse among night shift workers, about half of whom sleep 6 hours or less a ...

Wake-promoting drug, solriamfetol, increases alertness in early-morning shift workers with shift work disorder. The corresponding study was published in NEJM Evidence. “Until now, no clinical trial ...

Many more people work very early morning shifts than overnight ones, and a large proportion struggle with excessive sleepiness from shift work disorder, leading to problems with focus, performance and ...

Working in shifts as we know it in the modern day originated at the start of the industrial revolution to keep up with maintaining and managing the factories. Since then, shift work has permeated all ...

A new study of night shift workers suggests that overnight occupational and cognitive impairment is more strongly correlated to insomnia than it is to sleepiness. Results show that night shift workers ...

FIVE IN YOUR HEALTH NOW, A POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR WORKERS LIKE US WHO HAVE TO GET UP AND GO TO WORK BASICALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM CONDUCTED A LANDMARK STUDY ON NIGHT ...

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 ...

While listening to the radio last night, I caught an ad for a product designed to treat "Shift Work Disorder." Granted, it was the first time I'd heard the term, but it struck me as having a ...

People with certain types of long-term sleep disorders feel extremely tired during the day, a condition known as excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). There are many medicines that work in different ...