dietary factors and the severity of EIB. There is accumulating evidence that dietary modification has the potential to reduce the severity and incidence of asthma and EIB.2 It has repeatedly been shown that a low-sodium diet reduces postexercise airway narrowing2,3 and moderates airway inflammation3 in asthmatic subjects with EIB. It has also been shown that a 3-week fish oil diet, rich in omeg...

dietary factors and the severity of EIB. There is accumulating evidence that dietary modification has the potential to reduce the severity and incidence of asthma and EIB.2 It has repeatedly been shown that a low-sodium diet reduces postexercise airway narrowing2,3 and moderates airway inflammation3 in asthmatic subjects with EIB. It has also been shown that a 3-week fish oil diet, rich in omeg...

The objective of this review was to investigate the impact of shift and night work on metabolic processes and the role of alterations in the sleep-wake cycle and feeding times and environmental changes in the occurrence of metabolic disorders. The literature review was performed by searching three electronic databases for relevant studies published in the last 10 years. The methodological quali...

  Abstract   Background: Irregular Working hours, including night work and shift work, have been   found to be associated with alteration in various levels of biochemical factors. And some studies have showed association between shift work and blood biochemical disturbances in blood. In this epidemiological study we investigated, whether regular schedule of working hours can minimize the associ...

BACKGROUND Sickness absence is increasing in public work places in Denmark where shift work is common. AIMS The aim of this prospective study was to predict the hazard ratio (HR) of short- and long-term sickness absence due to shift work in Danish shift workers. METHODS A total of 1008 shift workers and 4009 day workers were followed up for short- and long-time sickness absence. RESULTS A...

In developing countries, shift work represents a considerable contingent workforce. Recently, studies have shown that overweight and obesity are more prevalent in shift workers than day workers. In addition, shift work has been associated with a higher propensity for the development of many metabolic disorders, such as insulin resistance, diabetes, dislipidemias and metabolic syndrome. Recent d...

Shift-work, particularly night-work, interferes with the physiological circadian rhythm and has the potential to induce psycho-physiological disturbances. A nurse population was investigated to establish whether shift-work can induce changes in a number of immune variables. Lymphocyte immunophenotype and proliferative response, NK cytotoxicity, cytokines and cortisol were determined in 68 shift...