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As aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080, May 30, 2012.

More Evidence Suggests Link Between Night Shift, Breast Cancer

A Danish study published this week in the online edition of “Occupational and Environmental Medicine” finds women who work the night shift more than twice a week might be increasing their breast cancer risk. UConn Health Center cancer epidemiologist Richard Stevens, whose research on the possible connection between light at night and cancer goes back more than 20 years, discusses the study on the WTIC NewsTalk 1080 morning show.