RightHealth Daily Dose » sleep deprivation http://dailydose.righthealth.com We feature the one health item you simply cannot afford to miss. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Work-Related Dangers of Daylight Savings Time http://dailydose.righthealth.com/cautions-concerns/work-related-dangers-of-daylight-savings-time/ http://dailydose.righthealth.com/cautions-concerns/work-related-dangers-of-daylight-savings-time/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:12:50 +0000 Steven http://dailydose.righthealth.com/?p=2033 Most Americans dread loosing an hour of sleep when we “leap foward” each spring during the switch to daylight savings time. Now a new study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology shows that not only do we loose lose an hour of sleep, the physiological and psychological adjustment that our body goes through can pose dangerous consequences for those who work in hazardous environments. After looking at 24 years of data about mine workers, researchers noted that there were more injuries on the Mondays following the switch to daylight savings time. In addition there was a 68% increase in lost work days due to these injuries. The researchers did not find any significant changes in the number and severity of workplace injuries on the Mondays after the switch back standard time, when people gained an hour of sleep. This shows that even an hour of sleep can have drastic effects on human behavior. Also, based on this study, it’s probably a good idea to refrain from performing dangerous job duties following the daylight savings time change. [via Medical News Today]

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]]> http://dailydose.righthealth.com/cautions-concerns/work-related-dangers-of-daylight-savings-time/feed/ 3 Doctors Who Work Less Make Fewer Mistakes http://dailydose.righthealth.com/health-care/doctors-who-work-less-make-fewer-mistakes/ http://dailydose.righthealth.com/health-care/doctors-who-work-less-make-fewer-mistakes/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:24 +0000 Steven http://dailydose.kosmix.com/?p=1167 A small scale British study shows that doctors and doctors-in-training made 33% fewer errors when asked to work fewer than 48 hours a week in accordance with the new European Working Time Directive (EWTD) which takes full effect in August 2009. The EWTD makes law a maximum 48 hour working week (including overtime), and a minimum of four weeks paid leave per year in order to protect workers from adverse health and safety risks. It applies to all sectors of activity, both public and private. In the study, doctors’ average sleep time increased from 6.75 to 7.26 hours per day and resulted in fewer potentially life-threatening events. Read more and share your opinion.

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