A GOOD night’s sleep may not only keep you beautiful, it could also protect
you from cancer.
Two separate studies have found an association between working night shifts
and an increased risk of developing breast cancer. One, from the Fred Hutchinson
Research Center in Seattle, reports that working at night, or sleeping in a
brightly lit bedroom, increases the risk of breast cancer by up to 60 per cent.
Another, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, shows that the risk
increased by 36 per cent for nurses who’ve been working night shifts for more
than 30 years.
Those might…
