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	<title>Working Nights &#187; chronic problems</title>
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		<title>New Research Shift Workers Should Be Aware of&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2011/09/24/new-research-shift-workers-should-be-aware-of/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read on if you are interested in identifying whether you might have heart disease, learn about a possible new way to treat sleep apnea, or hear more about sleep disorders]]></description>
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		<title>Can Music Calm a Shift Worker&#8217;s Soul – and Improve Sleep as Well?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listening to music can help shift workers reduce stress and lower blood pressure as well as having a healing effect on many of the other challenges that come from working shift work. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem of Migraines and Shift Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One major factor in the development of migraines is lack of sleep.  Migraine headaches are associated with more than double the likelihood of the most common kind of stroke – those occurring when blood supply to the brain is suddenly cut off by the buildup of plaque or a blood clot.
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		<title>November is National Heartburn Month!  Is this Something to Celebrate?</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/11/02/november-is-national-heartburn-month-is-this-something-to-celebrate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November is National Heartburn Awareness Month sponsored by the National Heartburn Alliance.  Shift Workers experience significant levels of heartburn.]]></description>
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		<title>Working Nights Spanish Calendar Provides Critical Health and Safety Know-How for Hispanic Population</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spanish and Latino shift workers can learn about chronic health challenges and safety prevention by using the Spanish Working Nights Calendar.]]></description>
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		<title>Untreated Sleep Apnea Outcomes Continue to be More and More Severe</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/08/18/untreated-sleep-apnea-outcomes-continue-to-be-more-and-more-severe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sleep apnea is more directly tied to risk of death among 40 to 70 year olds.]]></description>
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		<title>Slowing Down the Aging Process &#8211; Tips for Shift Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/08/15/720/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shift workers can take positive steps to extend their own life expectancy.]]></description>
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		<title>Lowering Stress and Anxiety for Shift Workers (and for others too!)</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/08/06/lowering-stress-and-anxiety-for-shift-workers-and-for-others-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working shifts is very stressful, but there are ways to relieve tension and anxiety resulting from the work schedule.]]></description>
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		<title>Shiftworkers, Take a Deep Breath- Reducing the Risk of Lung Disease</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/08/06/reducing-the-risk-of-lung-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The single most important thing a person can do to reduce their risk of lung disease is to stop smoking. Smoking rates are above 50% for shift workers.]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Breaking the Health Care Bank for Shift Workers?- Controlling the Rising Cost of Health Care</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/03/05/improving-control-over-pharmaceutical-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report by U.S. PIRG, health care spending rose 56 percent from 2000 to 2006, versus an inflation rate of just 18 percent and wage increases of 20 percent.  This forced employers to choose between reducing benefits, limiting pay increases, and hiring fewer employees. Furthermore, shift workers represent 10 percent of the working population but they account for 17 percent of the health care costs. Zeroing in on this group of workers will provide an employer more bang for their health care buck.
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