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A new suggests working shifts at night can be damaging to one's health. In , it increases the risk of several cancers, , mental illnesses, and various heart diseases. Researchers from the Sleep Research Centre at the U.K.'s University of Surrey discovered that many in the body needed to follow a 24-hour cycle, which the body sleeps at night. If this cycle is broken, up to 1,500 genes could get damaged, resulting in potentially life- diseases. Professor Derk-Jan Dijk said: "The study has important because we now need to discover why these rhythms exist and think about the of that."

The human body has around 24,000 genes. Many of switch off if the body does not follow a regular sleeping . This can cause parts of the system to become less efficient, making us more to illnesses. Study co-author Dr Simon Archer said: "Over 97 per cent of rhythmic genes become out-of- with mistimed sleep, which really explains why we feel so during jet lag or if we have to work irregular shifts." Dr Dijk said that despite the results of the , it would be difficult for people to change their . He explained it was difficult for to function without people working night shifts, but said people needed to understand the dangers and "mitigate the ".

 


 

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