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How to stay healthy on a night shift

Nov 23, 2023
Graveyard shift workers face higher risk of diabetes, heart disease and obesity due to their unhealthy diet and sleep patterns.

Meet the Los Angeles night shift workers running the 24/7 economy

Mar 9, 2020
From cleaning to serving coffee, these workers' overnight schedules come with upsides and downsides.
Stacy Walls works night shifts at a Ralphs based in Los Angeles.
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Morning person, or night owl? It matters

Sep 9, 2014
Ethical thinking declines when employees work against their natural sleep schedule.

Americans never stop working

Sep 8, 2014
In case you needed data to prove it.

More factories turn to automation for the night shift

Dec 1, 2011
"Lights-out machining" leads to layoffs for some workers but saves jobs for others.

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