Night-Shift Work and Cancer

Current research now links night shift work and deadly diseases like diabetes, obesity, and even cancer.  “In a study published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, researchers in Denmark found that women who worked night shifts were up to four times more likely to develop breast cancer than women who didn’t work nights” (Time, May 29, 2012).

The effect is also cumulative—the longer a woman works night shifts, the higher her risk. Researchers think that night work throws off hormone levels, resulting in greater breast cancer risk (ibid.).

Most night shift work is a result of an industrial system designed to “make more money.” David, a “man after [God’s] own heart” (Acts 13:22) spoke of a peaceful, restful sleep (Psalm 4:8).  While the Scriptures warn against too much sleep (laziness—Proverbs 6:9-10), restful sleep is praised (Ecclesiastes 5:12).  God made the body to need sleep, and research has demonstrated that health benefits come with 7-8 hours of sleep nightly.  Jesus speaks of working in the day, but that night is not a time for work (John 9:4).

Satan’s world inverts good and evil (Isaiah 5:20) even in work schedules.  The time is coming when Christ will restore peace and health to the Earth.  That time is described in detail in our free and exciting booklet, The World Ahead: What Will It Be Like?