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Article: Thomas Edison's legacy: dealing with sleep problems in shift workers.(Second Messenger)
- Article from:
- Psychopharmacology Educational Updates (PsychEd Up)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Issue A growing number of workers experience sleep problems as a result of night and rotating shift-work schedules.
Actions Understanding the mechanisms that contribute to sleep problems that shift workers experience, and their treatment options, allows physicians to better assess the risk/benefit ratio of treatment.
Benefits Through appropriate treatment for sleep problems, patients with shift-work sleep disorder can experience greater productivity and fewer health risks and accidents.
The advent of new lifestyles also creates new dilemmas in the field of medicine. Before Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879, few people worked after ...