Here’s how your body might respond when you turn your clock back an hour on Saturday night.
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Giving workers an extra week of annual leave could take pressure off employers to increase their workers pay.
Overworking junior doctors has been normalised for decades. And we all suffer.
Evidence suggests late-night eating can be bad for our health.
A good night’s sleep is important for a well-functioning body and mind, but the best time for you to get that sleep depends on a number of factors.
Disturbed sleep can worsen depressive symptoms of health care workers whose jobs come with high levels of emotional labor and work-family conflict.
Shift work throws our circadian rhythm out of whack, which can impact the major systems in our bodies.
Frequent disruption of our internal ‘body clock’ is linked to type 2 diabetes and obesity.
It comes down to what and how much you eat over the day, rather than when you eat most of your food.
Taking a power nap on a night shift can leave you feeling groggy. And eating a large meal can reduce your alertness. So, what’s a tired shift worker to do to make it through the night?
How to eat yourself brighter.
Non-stop public transport might suit the 24-hour party people, but it could have rougher consequences for others.
New research suggests disrupted sleep patterns could have more impact on some measures of women’s performance than men’s.
Top contributors
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Physiology of Circadian Rhythms, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Chronobiology and Integrative Physiology, University of Surrey
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Professor of Sleep and Physiology and Director of Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey
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Professor in Transport Planning, University of Westminster
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Research fellow, Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey
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Senior Research Associate, Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour, Loughborough University
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PhD Candidate in Obesity and Metabolism, University of Sydney
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Sleep Researcher, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology & Director, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Nursing, UMass Lowell
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Lecturer in Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney