To record sleep, actigraph devices are worn on the wrist and record movements that can be
used to estimate sleep parameters with specialized algorithms in computer software …

The number of travellers undertaking long-distance flights has continued to increase. Such
flights are associated with travel fatigue and jet lag, the symptoms of which are considered …

Background: Actigraphy is increasingly used in sleep research and the clinical care of
patients with sleep and circadian rhythm abnormalities. The following practice parameters …

Humans and other mammalian species possess an endogenous circadian clock system that
has evolved in adaptation to periodically reoccurring environmental changes and drives …

Research into health effects of chronodisruption (CD), a relevant disturbance of the
circadian organization of physiology, endocrinology, metabolism and behaviour, is evolving …

Background Few studies have examined the broad health effects of occupational exposures
in flight attendants apart from disease-specific morbidity and mortality studies. We describe …

Insufficient light exposure is assumed to be related to a wide array of health problems,
though few studies focus on the role of whole-day light exposure in the habitual setting in the …

In recent years, the negative impact of oxidative stress on fertility has become widely
recognised. Several studies have demonstrated its negative effect on the number and …

Background: Cosmic radiation and circadian disruption are potential reproductive hazards
for flight attendants. Methods: Flight attendants from 3 US airlines in 3 cities were …

Circadian rhythms are biological rhythms that originate from the “master circadian clock,”
called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). SCN orchestrates the circadian rhythms using …