Research offers insights on how night shift work increases cancer risk
E-Mail IMAGE: A night shift schedule is associated with increased DNA damage and misalignment of the DNA repair mechanism, providing a possible explanation for the elevated risk of cancer in night shift... view more Credit: Bala Koritala SPOKANE, Wash. - New clues as to why night shift workers are at increased risk of developing certain types of cancer are presented in a new study conducted at Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane. Journal of Pineal Research, the study involved a controlled laboratory experiment that used healthy volunteers who were on simulated nig...