A weekend lie in could go a long way to fighting depression, according to new research. Academics from Yonsei University in South Korea looked at the sleep of 5500 people to see if there is an association between weekend catch-up ...

Picture the scene. It's 2.00am and you're three coffees and two bags of m&ms down and you've lost count of how many laps of the ward you've done. You're on the first shift of a week of nights and sure, ...

Shift workers, particularly those regularly on night shift, are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19, a new study suggests. The research team used data from UK Biobank project, a record of the lifestyle, medical history, nutritional habits, physical measurements and ...

Shift workers are at greater risk of poor mental health and of crashing their car after their first shift of the week, two separate studies suggest. In the first, an international team of researchers examined the schedules and mental health ...

Australian researchers are looking into ways to shift the weight gain associated with shift work. University of South Australia researcher Dr Crystal Yates said the nature of working at night makes it harder for people to maintain a healthy weight ...