Working at night can cause cancer

Working at Night Can Cause Cancer

working at the night can cause cancer

The night shifts are very common in our daily lives. Many doctors, nurses, transport workers, janitors, bartenders, etc.., Earn their living by working at night is to cover a vacant shift or even the need of the actual task they perform, which necessarily must be done at night.

But a recent study warning us about the night work, for not only affect our social life (to sleep during the day and be awake during the night our social life is distorted, as most people live in the light of sun), but can have a significant medical risk.

This is one of the most important and dangerous diseases that medicine called: cancer. The study conducted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), persons performing night shifts are nearly twice as likely to develop cancer than someone who works days.

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