The responsibilities are the same — but there are still new challenges. Working the night shift as a nurse can require considerable adjustments if your career has thus far been limited to daytime ...

Train and bus drivers, doctors and carers, employees in companies where machines run around the clock: In many industries, people work in shifts. Some start early in the morning, or at midday. Others ...

A Q&A with a residency program director ...

I work 12-hour night shifts. We tend to work in relatively small teams of three to six people per “shift,” and for the most part, we end up working with the same people every night. My problem is ...

Many employees work all kinds of unusual shifts, often sleeping during the day and eating at night, putting them at risk for heart disease. But researchers in Boston have found that the timing of ...

I remember my first week of night shifts – I’d pack what I thought were “healthy” meals, only to find myself face-first in a bag of chips at 3 AM, wondering why I had zero willpower. Turns out, it ...

I have always thought it ironic that the sleep medicine field recognizes the challenge of getting good sleep and functioning well, because a grueling schedule involving working over-night is inherent ...

Sleep can be more important than money.

Every night, millions of people work hard to keep our essential services running—treating patients, responding to emergencies, operating transport networks and maintaining 24-hour industries. While ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Irregular night shift work is well known for its potential to cause sleep problems, but a new study suggested it can also be associated with an increased risk of developing migraines.

Researchers at Mass General Brigham are studying a drug that in clinical trials helped early morning shift workers stay more ...

Analysis of more than 270,000 UK adults shows that working through the night, especially on a long-term basis, is linked to weaker bones and higher fracture risk, highlighting an overlooked ...