Sunday, April 5, 2009

Link between Breast Cancer and Night Shifts

Many BPO employees do night shift as part of their job process without knowing the implications of the same on their health in long term. Researchers led by Blask have found out that humans develop Breast Cancer if they won’t sleep regularly during nights. Melatonin, a hormone produced by the pineal gland while we sleep, has anti-cancer properties. If you won’t sleep during nights, then the body won’t produce melatonin.

Blask demonstrated that nighttime doses of melatonin suppress human breast cancer cell growth.

Read Blask’s experiment by clicking the following link:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Night-shift-work-ups-cancer-risk/articleshow/4362295.cms

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