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	<title>Working Nights &#187; Emergency Services</title>
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		<title>Come On…..Get up and Stretch or Walk Around a Little Bit</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2011/01/12/come-on%e2%80%a6-get-up-and-stretch-or-walk-around-a-little-bit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two studies show that getting up from your desk or from the couch even for just a few minutes every hour or so greatly reduces the risk of heart disease.]]></description>
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		<title>Want Happy Memories this Holiday Season?  Consider Scrimping on Sleep!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[sleep deprivation can help eliminate bad memories]]></description>
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		<title>Shift Workers Save Each Other – the Chilean Rescue Tale</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.workingnights.com/blog/?p=1401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shift workers work round the clock to save other shift workers.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting on the Right Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.workingnights.com/blog/?p=1395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shift work jobs require teamwork and teams with socially sensitive team members perform better.]]></description>
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		<title>A Primer of Sleep Disorders for Shift Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The DSM is being rewritten with the new DSM-5 expected to be published in 2013.  There are many new proposals regarding sleep disorders in the new version of the encyclopedia of psychiatric disorders.  Many shift workers are impacted by sleep disorders.]]></description>
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		<title>Extra Sleep Improves Performance, Alertness and Mood</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By substantially increasing their length of sleep, people will experience decreased daytime sleepiness and fatigue and feel increased vigor.]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Health and Shift Work Lifestyle Training Leads to a Happier and Healthier Workforce….and to Increased Company Profits!</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2010/05/27/employee-health-and-shift-work-lifestyle-training-leads-to-a-happier-and-healthier-workforce%e2%80%a6-and-to-increased-company-profits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 18:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.workingnights.com/blog/?p=1363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shift workers are especially at risk for cardiovascular disease.  CSX Transportation and its employees focused in on this issue and dramatically reduced their employees risk of heart disease.  And, this had a positive impact on reducing the company's health insurance costs.  Employee health and shift work lifestyle training does help employees improve their health and improve company profits.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Green and Beige and Eaten All Over?</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2010/05/17/whats-green-and-beige-and-eaten-all-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 22:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Potassium is important for shift workers as it helps boost seratonin levels.  Shift workers often suffer from reduced levels of seratonin causing them to be moody and sometimes depressed.  Bananas are also another good source. ]]></description>
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		<title>Next Time Don&#8217;t Complain, Tell a Joke Instead!</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2010/05/13/next-dont-complain-tell-a-joke-instead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 14:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost all serial killers are men. That&#8217;s &#8217;cause women like to kill one man slowly over many, many years.  (Robert Duchaine)
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Men who consistently leave the toilet seat up secretly want women to get up to go the bathroom in the middle of the night and fall in.  (Rita Rudner)
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I found out why cats drink out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You React to Stress?</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2010/04/16/today-%e2%80%93-april-16th-is-stress-awareness-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stress can be managed.  When you allow yourself to feel the stress, if you are mindful of the causes, you are actually taking the first step towards making the changes necessary to more permanently alleviate your angst.  Don't run from stress or you'll be stuck in the status quo.]]></description>
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