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Shift Workers at Risk – Study

Thursday 26th April 2012

For many people in society, working erratic shifts is a way of life. For example, college and university students will often have part time jobs on an evening, people with children may have to fit a job around family life, and sometimes people simply...

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An Extra Hours Sleep Benefits Your Studies

Tuesday 15th November 2011

When the clocks go back in autumn, the days begin to get shorter and the nights become longer. Winter has appeared as the trees and plants are in their stripped back form and the roads become icy and the roof tops are laced with snow. The additional...

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Body clock research reveals insomnia potential

Tuesday 24th August 2010

New research into the body's internal ‘clock', the circadian rhythm that determines sleep cycles and metabolism, has suggested that it may be possible to manipulate the process with a drug, opening up a potential medical treatment of insomnia and...

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How to choose your alarm

Monday 28th June 2010

Most of us rely on alarm clocks to get us up in the morning, but few are aware of the potentially damaging effects that the daily wake-up call can have on our overall sleep quality.Being shocked out of a deep sleep is a distinctly unpleasant sensation,...

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'Shrill' alarms can cause health issues - study

Thursday 5th November 2009

While it has long been the bane of workers around the world, the piercing sound of an alarm clock has now been found to have a measurably detrimental effect on health, says a new Japanese study. The investigation by Japan's National Institute of Industrial...

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