Melatonin Supplements: What the Evidence Says About Dose, Timing, and Safety
Melatonin is a hormone your brain makes in the dark. Here is what NIH-backed evidence says about melatonin supplements, timing, and safety.
Wellbeing
Wellbeing addresses the health of people delivering care: burnout, moral injury, sleep across rotating shifts, and access to mental health support. Guidance is practical and specific to irregular hours, and coverage sets out what employee assistance programs and state provisions actually pay for before anyone urgently needs them.
Wellbeing coverage from Health Work NY.
Wellbeing at Work: Small Habits That Actually Stick
Behavioral science favors tiny, repeatable practices over big overhauls. Here is how to pick one that fits a real workday.
Nursing assistants face injury rates five times the national average, OSHA data show
Manual patient lifting drives most musculoskeletal injuries in health care. Federal safety agencies say mechanical lift programs, not better lifting technique, are what actually reduce the risk.
Meal timing for night shift workers: what metabolic research shows
Eating at night, when the body's glucose handling is at its circadian worst, raises post-meal glucose in controlled studies — and a 2021 simulated-shift trial in Cell Metabolism found daytime eating blunted glucose effects compared with nighttime meals.
Naps for night shift workers: what the science says about timing and length
Controlled studies support two nap windows for night workers — a prophylactic nap before the shift and a short in-shift nap around 20 to 30 minutes — with longer in-shift naps improving outcomes but risking sleep inertia on waking.
How researchers tell burnout apart from depression
The ICD-11 defines burnout as an occupational phenomenon tied to workplace stress — exhaustion, cynicism, reduced efficacy — while depression permeates all life domains, and published studies show the two overlap enough that instruments misclassify a substantial share.