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		<title>Extra Sleep Improves Performance, Alertness and Mood</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2010/06/08/extra-sleep-improves-performance-alertness-and-mood/</link>
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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>2010 Sleep in America Poll Released!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has just released the 1st poll to examine sleep among four ethnic groups in the United States: Asians, Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics and Whites-the 2010 Sleep in America Poll. Although significant differences in the sleep habits and attitudes of each group are revealed, there are also a number of interesting similarities. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Study Supports Claims that Oatmeal is Good for Shift Workers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soluble fiber improves the immune system - try nutrition bars.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Moonlighting Poised to Return, and if so, What Should Employers and Employees Do About it?</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/09/15/is-moonlighting-poised-to-return-and-if-so-what-should-employers-and-employees-do-about-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moonlighting, like overtime, can be good for employees at certain times in certain jobs.  But, it needs to be managed by employers and employees alike.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Safety at Work for an Aging Population of Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are more people over 65 in the workforce than ever before and experts expect the numbers only to grow.  Learn about the many unique safety issues that impact older workers.]]></description>
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		<title>New York Times Opinion Supports Napping and Working Nights Agrees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 20 minute nap adds to productivity and alertness.]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing Accidents and Injuries at Work</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/02/17/preventing-accidents-and-injuries-at-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[16 workers are killed every day in the US from falls, electrocutions, explosions, trench collapses, getting caught in machinery, violence, and vehicle crashes. Every day 11,000 are injured, one every seven seconds.]]></description>
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		<title>The Impact of Fatigue on Driving</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2008/02/21/the-impact-of-fatigue-on-driving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people know that driving after drinking enough alcohol could be a death wish, but driving home after a seemingly endless shift could be equally dangerous. After 22 hours without sleep, you act the same behind the wheel as if you had a blood alcohol level of 0.08, the legal driving limit. It won't get you pulled over (yet, although several states have laws pending to outlaw driving while drowsy) but falling asleep at the wheel can send you hurtling towards a tree or another vehicle with no control over your car just as easily as alcohol or drugs can. The urge to reach home and bed can sometimes overtake caution on the road. Truck drivers and night-owl teens are also greatly affected by this risk, which often goes unnoticed in our up-and-at-'em culture. ]]></description>
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		<title>How Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Patterns Affect Learning and Performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Circadian rhythms, or each person's internal "body clock" that clicks through the day setting off urges to sleep, eat, and complete other daily actions, have a larger affect on our lives than one might realize. Every body has a definitive time of day in which it is most alert, least alert, most active and most tired, and screwing with this natural cycle can be disastrous. Shift work forces most people to work outside their natural, circadian determined working hours, so that not only do workers find it more difficult to concentrate on their job while they are doing it, they also have more trouble relaxing and falling asleep during their off-hours. Your circadian biological clock can be "reset" over time using light therapy and gradually shifting sleep times to the desired pattern, but many shift workers try to sleep normal hours during their days off and opposite hours when they work night shifts, further disrupting their body clock. Several methods can help night workers and extended hours workers determine the workings of their own circadian rhythms and biological clock, and to better adapt themselves to shift work schedules.]]></description>
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