Night Shift Work, Light at Night, and Risk of Breast Cancer This article is included as an FYI. There are many people in today’s society that believe that breast cancer has no controllable risk factors. Things like cruciferous vegetable intake, exercise, refined carb intake, whole grain intake and smoking are definite risk factors for breast […]
Decreased Melatonin Production Linked to Light Exposure It really seems like we’re just starting to find out exactly how extensive melatonin’s influence on our health is. We starting realizing that it helps regulate our circadian rhythm. Than we found it was a powerful antioxidant in the nervous system. Now we see that it may play […]
Our normal sleep wake cycle that is timed to daylight hours is actually an essential component of good health. Besides the fact that the stress that may disrupt sleep cycles is deadly to us, night shift work may have a direct effect on cancers rates via a hormone called melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone produced deep in the brain […]
NIGHT SHIFT INCREASES RISK OF BREAST CANCER? This is not the first study to find links between melatonin levels and breast cancer. If you look at a “light map” of the US, the areas with the most light at night have the highest rates of breast cancer. It is highly likely that this relates to […]
IS THAT NIGHT LIGHT KILLING YOU? We’ve known for some time that shift works are at higher risks of certain types of cancer, and that “light maps” of the US show correlations with breast cancer is the more highly lit regions of the country. This study starts to shed some light on potential mechanisms. Many […]
