Millions of people start work before sunrise—but their brains aren’t ready for it. A new clinical trial has found that the ...

Clinical trial data suggests a drug may fight early‑morning sleepiness.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One in five workers in the U.S. perform shift work. Shift work disorder is an extrinsic circadian rhythm ...

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 ...

Mass General Brigham researchers found that solriamfetol helped early morning shift workers with shift work disorder stay more alert Many more people work very early morning shifts than overnight ones ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than half of night shift workers have at least one sleep disorder, as nocturnal labor plays havoc with body rhythms, a new study shows. About 51% of people working nights score positive for at ...

Scientists have uncovered why night shift work is associated with changes in appetite in a new study. The findings could help the millions of people that work through the night and struggle with ...