nightwork

The overnight shift has been implicated as probably causing cancer. The world health organization's international agency for research on Cancer has found that men and women who work at night suffer from higher rates of breast and prostate cancer. This means that working the overnight shift does not necessarily cause cancer but those working at night have an increased risk for cancer.

The body's biological clock controls the circadian rhythm. Working at night seems to disrupt that rhythm interfering with the production of melatonin. Melatonin is credited with suppression of tumor development. Melatonin is generally produced at night while we sleep and hence the possible correlation.

So far women who work at night have been found to be more prone to breast cancer and men more prone to prostate cancer. Suspect occupations include nursing and airline crews. These findings have an international impact since approximately 20% of the world's working population does so at night.

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