Rhonda Patrick· PhD
People working night shifts for 10 years suffer memory loss equal to an additional 6.5 years of age-related decline.
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People working night shifts for 10 years suffer memory loss equal to an additional 6.5 years of age-related decline.
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You know, because we do know that shift workers, for example shift workers that have worked like 10 years or more, have, like, their brain's age at, like, an accelerated rate. Their brains look, like, six and half years older than age match controls or something.