Shift work may put women at risk for heart disease: study

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Vancouver, British Columbia -Female shift workers may be atgreater risk for heart disease, finds research from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.Researchers examined 227 female hospital workers ages 22 to 66 for metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of factors that increase the risk of heart disease.Overall, 17 percentof participants had metabolic syndrome with at least three risk factors, according to a press release from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.