Night Shift Work and the Risk of Cancer

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Working the night shift may increase a person's risk of developing cancer.  A possible link between the development of certain types of cancer and night time shift work was first proposed in the 1980's but dismissed as ridiculous.   It wasn't until the analysis of recent studies, to be reported in this month's Lancet ...

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