Latest shift work sleep disorder Stories

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Working long and late shifts on an offshore oil rig can affect your circadian rhythm, creating sleep troubles, says a new study from the University of Bergen (UiB) in Norway. While this seems like commonly understood logic, researcher Siri Waage with the UiB’s Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care says that the long hours and late nights don’t have the same effect on oil workers on dry land. She studied offshore...

FRAZER, Pa., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) today announced that the November issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings has published data from a pivotal Phase III trial demonstrating that NUVIGIL® (armodafinil) Tablets [C-IV] significantly improved wakefulness throughout the shift in patients with excessive sleepiness associated with shift work disorder (SWD). NUVIGIL, the longer-lasting isomer of modafinil, is indicated to improve wakefulness in patients with...