The hidden cost of the night shift and how to sleep it off
More than three million people in the UK work night shifts, which can greatly impact their health. What can be done to help them?
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"Sleep is a pillar of our health, in the same way we think about diet and exercise."
— Prof Russell Foster , Academic
"Disruption of that flow was playing an important role in predicting who would get dementia, in large numbers of people in the normal population."
— Prof Hugh Markus , Academic
Key People
Prof Hugh Markus is a neurologist who leads the stroke medicine group at the University of Cambridge.
Sleep scientist at the University of Oxford.
Yutong Chen is a medical student who collaborated with Prof Hugh Markus on research analyzing brain scans.
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More than three million people in the UK work night shifts, which can greatly impact their health. What can be done to help them?
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