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	<title>Working Nights &#187; heart disease</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>Preventing Cardiovascular Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in the United States.  Several studies have reported a higher prevalence of coronary risk factors among rotating shift workers.]]></description>
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		<title>IS SNORING&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 13:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snoring may indicate a more serious health condition, such as sleep apnea where your airways are so obstructed that you stop or nearly stop breathing as you sleep.

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		<title>Come On…..Get up and Stretch or Walk Around a Little Bit</title>
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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>A Primer of Sleep Disorders for Shift Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2010/09/04/a-primer-of-sleep-disorders-for-shift-workers/</link>
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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>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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		<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>A Great Book to Read over the Holidays &#8211; &#8220;My Stroke of Insight,&#8221; by Jill Bolte Taylor</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2009/12/28/book-review-my-stroke-of-insight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book Review – My Stroke of Insight – a Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey, by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.,
Taylor’s book provides a unique education about our brains, in particular, about how the two different hemispheres of our brains work – together and independently.  Taylor provides insight into the impact of impaired brain functioning, something that is [...]]]></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>WSJ Covers Heart Risk at Work and Seasonal Affective Disorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two articles in today's Wall Street Journal are significant to shift workers.  One story is about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and the other's about a new study reporting that men who didn't confront colleagues or bosses who treated them unfairly doubled their risk of heart attack.
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