People who work the overnight shift or a shift that keeps changing have a greater risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke.
A team of international researchers analyzed the results of 34 studies involving over two million people.
The group found shift workers are 23 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack and 5 percent more likely to suffer a stroke.
Doctors have long known shift work can lead to high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.
A team of international researchers analyzed the results of 34 studies involving over two million people.
The group found shift workers are 23 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack and 5 percent more likely to suffer a stroke.
Doctors have long known shift work can lead to high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.
A new American Heart Association study finds yoga can improve balance in stroke survivors.
Patients who practiced yoga after traditional rehab reported better balance, greater quality of life and less fear of falling down.
The idea that women are born with all the eggs they'll ever have in their lives could be wrong.
A first-of-its-kind genetic study finds adult women can and do form new eggs throughout their reproductive life.
US and Scottish scientists say it's due to a rare germ cell that is capable of dividing and producing new eggs.
(Ines Ferre, CBS News)
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