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		<title>It&#8217;s Important to Talk with your Doctor about Working Shift Work</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2010/07/26/its-important-to-talk-with-your-doctor-about-working-shift-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doctors apply standard care to patients without considering individual patients situation or lifestyles.  Shift workers should make sure their doctors know they work shift work and have this unique lifestyle factored into considerations about health prevention and treatment.]]></description>
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		<title>Working Nights Featured in Corporate Wellness Magazine&#8217;s September Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corporate Wellness Magazine features two articles by Working Nights in their September magazine.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Sad Labor Day for Many Shift Workers (and others too)!</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/09/05/its-a-sad-labor-day-for-many-shift-workers-and-others-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labor Day is a celebration of what workers are doing to improve the economic prosperity of our country.  But many are not working right now and the recession has greatly impacted shift workers. ]]></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>Calendar Contest Provides Healthy Benefits for Kids and Adults</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/07/28/calendar-contest-provides-healthy-benefits-for-kids-and-adults/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ‘Working Nights’  is announcing its new 2010 Working Nights Creative Arts Calendar Contest offering organizations the opportunity to create a custom health and safety calendar incorporating winning illustrations or photographs submitted by company employees and their family members.  ]]></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>
		<dc:creator>betsy1</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>The Expensive Recession: Managing Costs During Difficult Financial Times</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/02/10/managing-costs-during-difficult-financial-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/02/10/managing-costs-during-difficult-financial-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.circadianage.com/blog/?p=107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Money's low, stocks are down, workers and employers on all sides of the board are struggling to make ends meet. People are counting on their jobs more than ever, and yet many companies view layoffs as the quickest way to get out of the red. This article focuses on the personal pain of layoffs and alternative ways to cut costs while saving jobs.]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance – Costs and Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2008/09/16/health-insurance-%e2%80%93-costs-and-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2008/09/16/health-insurance-%e2%80%93-costs-and-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shift work brings more health and safety dangers than normal hours work, and so the rising costs of health care are reaping huge consequences among shift workers.]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Training for Sustainable, High Performance Shift Work</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2008/05/01/the-importance-of-training-for-sustainable-performance-in-multi-shift-operations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 19:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.circadianage.com/blog/2008/04/23/the-importance-of-training-for-sustainable-performance-in-multi-shift-operations/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Training managers in shift work management along with the shift workers they manage raises productivity, decreases worker absences, and improves worker adaptation to the shift and night work lifestyle.]]></description>
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		<title>Linking Sleep Loss and Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2008/01/21/linking-sleep-loss-and-obesity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shorter sleep is correlated to increased risk of obesity; researchers have linked shorter sleep duration with imbalances in two hormones, leptin and ghrelin.]]></description>
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