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Working late nights? It could be detrimental to your health

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Employees on a night shift at Standard Media Group. [Patrick Vidija, Standard]

If you work at night, you are most likely going to compromise your health. Your brain could thrust into foreign territories that might affect the functioning of your body.

Shift work - any type of work that does not conform to the typical workday pattern and that has workers labouring into the night - could lead to disorders such as heart attack, according to medical experts.

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