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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Night-shift work may boost risk of type 2 diabetes among black women

Night shifts may boost
type 2 diabetes risk.
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Copyright: Jason Stitt
DIABETES DIGEST – Jan. 29, 2015 – Black women who work nights may have a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to their counterparts who have never worked nights, a new study shows.

The study by researchers at Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University involved 28,041 women participating in the Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS)