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“Police” help them live more normal lives!
Police Departments are especially challenged in terms of shiftwork and sleep deprviation
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Blood sugar rises and you’re not even eating? It’s not fair!
Learn more about how glycogen works, and how it may alter how you eat while on the job.
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Can the New Trucking Regulations Help the Long-Distance Driver?
New regulations affecting long-distance drivers have just gone into effect. Read about how this will impact these shiftworkers and you.
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Doctor Doctor, Give Me Some (Good) News!
Exploring Office Hours
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Fill That Bank Account With Premium, Please
How do you feel about shift differential? Is this the enticement you need to stay on the job?
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Flextime to the Rescue
By instituting flex time arrangements among employees, smart companies are seeing benefits for the worker and the bottom line.
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Handing off the Shift
Here's some advice about shift change. These minutes are critical
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Handing off the Shift
Here's some advice about shift change. These minutes are critical
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Night Maneuvers
Take the offensive and make the night shift work for you.
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Quiet Time
Here's some practical advice about getting better quality sleep during the day.
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Satisfaction, as in “I Can’t Get No”
What makes for a well-adjusted and happy shiftworker?
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Shift Work Sleep Disorder (SWSD)
In the United States it is estimated that of the nearly twenty million people who work some form of shift work, 25 percent suffer from Shift Work Sleep Disorder (SWSD). It is even worse for those who rotate through various shifts. Read about SWSD here.
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So Much for Conventional Wisdom
It's not all rosy for companies who employ shiftworkers. But there are ways to help.
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Staying in Touch
Today, companies are finding a better way to stay in touch with their odd-shift employees as well as those in more remote locations.
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The Diabetes Connection - NOT Sugar-coated
Can lack of sufficient sleep accelerate the development of diabetes?
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The Economies of “Time” Management
Old Ben Franklin had a hand in changing some thoughts about how we spend the day
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The Shift Worker's Nightmare
The debilitating effects of shift work can range from personal ailments to national disasters. If we can learn to adjust schedules and cope with existing conditions, we can lessen these effects.
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The Strange Case of Peter Tripp
Peter Tripp was a disc jockey who participated in a sleep deprivation stunt. And something went terribly wrong.
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The Time Traveler
Can we use some new scheduling technology to help regulate our daily activities?
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Too Tired to Know You're Tired?
Excessive fatigue can not only dull your reactions, it can deaden your judgment
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Unconscious Solutions
Unlock the power of the unconsious during naps and long restful sleep
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Warm Milk and Cold-Water Fish – Yum!
Shiftworkers looking for positive food choices may have some help here
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Why We Stress Good Nutrition
Much of the shiftwork research going on focuses on how our bodies react to eating at different times of the day and night.
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With Exercise, Timing is Everything
The time of your circadian cycle may have a big impact on exercise benefits
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Women and Shiftwork - Are You At Risk?
Women who work at night are more vulnerable than their male counterparts
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Poor shift design leads to landmark workers' compensation case
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Daytime Sleepiness
Occasional daytime fatigue can be due to transient stresses or temporary sleep deprivation. Persistent sleepiness, however, should be evaluated.
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Belly Fat, Lack of Sleep and Increased Cortisol
Insomnia and increased stress cause abdominal fat. Cortisol, a stress hormone, rises with lack of sleep. This hormone plays a role in appetite control.
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How to Start a Carpool
Carpooling can be the solution to the cost of travel and the price of gas. Sharing a ride can be a good alternative even for those on shift-work.
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How to Work the Night Shift
Work nights and stay healthy with some tips on sleep, eating, and maintaining balance in life.
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Melatonin in Autoimmune Disease
The hormone melatonin promotes sleep and enhances immune function. Despite these benefits, until studies are complete, it should be used cautiously in autoimmune diseases
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999 Officer Down: The Russ Reiker Story
This book presents a great story about a Phoenix police officer, but it's not very well written...
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Air Traffic Controllers
Air traffic controllers ensure the safety of approximately 87,000 flights each day in the United States. That's about 64 million takeoffs and landings annually.
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Choosing a Room-mate or Flatmate
Considering a few basic questions before interviewing a new room-mate, housemate or flatmate can help to increase the chances of a successful house-sharing arrangement.
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Creative Fantasy Campaign & Scenario Creation
One of the most enjoyable things a dungeon master or game master can do is to invent their own game campaigns and scenarios for their respective players to enjoy.
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Day Care and Your New Baby
It's a good idea to begin looking for day care that will suit your family's needs while you are still pregnant. Here are some tips on where and what to look for when selecting child care services.
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Find Better Opportunities and Leave Bad Jobs
The way that employees resign from their jobs can impact their working career for the short and long term.
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Green Publishing and Green Printing
As a writer with a keen interest in issues of sustainability, publishing my books in an environmentally-friendly way is extremely important to me.
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Headache Drugs Prohibitively Expensive
Sticker shock has hit the pharmacy. Drugs to treat headaches, as well as life-threatening diseases, are so expensive soon no one will be able to afford them. Something must be done.
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How to Get a Good Night's Sleep
It is important for people to get at least seven hours of sleep a night for optimal health and wellbeing. But what happens if this is not possible?
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Insomnia
have trouble getting to sllep and staying alseep? You could be suffering from Insomnia! Read all about it here.
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Movie-Extra Jobs in Films
Anyone with a flexible schedule can work as a movie extra and acting experience is not necessary. It is ideal for retired people or students on school break.
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Nutritional Supplements For Sleep
There are many safe and non-addictive nutritional supplements that can be useful for those who have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep.
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Sleep Deficit
Longer work hours, more commitments and fewer sleep hours mean that adults are chronically lacking sleep. Chronic exhaustion can affect professional and personal lives.
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Sleep Deprivation in Asperger Syndrome
This article is about the sleep deprivation that some children and youth with Asperger Syndrome suffer from.
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Tips to Avoid Christmas Blues
It can be stressful on occasions like Christmas when you're feeling the blues. Tips how to reduce loneliness during the holiday season.
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Working for 911
Understanding the job itself, as well as the hiring and training process, is critical to the successful application process to become a 911 call taker or dispatcher.
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Your Sleep Bank Acount
You may be overdrawn at the Bank – the Sleep Bank, that is. And I bet you did not even know you were. Read this article to find out all about your Sleep BanK account.
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A Career in Clinical Psychology
A career in Clinical Psychology involves years of study, (up to doctorate level for a licensed Psychologist) and is growing in popularity within the US and UK.
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Dark Therapy for Bipolar Disorder
Circadian rhythms may play an important role in sufferers of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder - could darkness be the answer in tackling manic episodes?
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