The Semi-Consolidated Leakage Thread

Ms. CHENG: Sure. The circadian rhythm is basically your body's natural 24-hour clock. So it tells you when you should be sleeping and eating, producing certain hormones for biological functions. And it's based on the light/dark cycle. So basically you should be up when it's light and asleep when it's dark.

CHIDEYA: How much science is there out now to really look at this issue of workplace health, people working overnight? Is this the only evidence?

Ms. CHENG: Well, it was basically an analysis of all the existing evidence. So it studies that were done in the last 20 years. And what they did was they looked at studies of nurses who worked the night shifts and airline pilots. And what they found was that in those groups, they were - the women were more likely to get breast cancer and the men were more likely prostate cancer. There have also been some animal studies showing that if you switch the light/dark cycles of animals, they are more prone to get cancer.

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Wat_Tyler said:

Watch that third shift work. It can cause cancer.


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16978972





In other news, at least it's just rain here and not the White Stuff.

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Wat_Tyler said:

Well, that didn't go well . . . .

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thør said:

I need some of those ear muffs that were posted. Starting to get chilly, here.

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Wat_Tyler said:

Happy Sunday.


There is a bit of work today, so . . . Road Trip!!! Work is always good.

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