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Artificial light at night stimulates breast cancer growth in laboratory mice
Results from a new study in laboratory mice show that nighttime exposure to artificial light stimulated the growth of human breast tumors by suppressing the levels of a key hormone called melatonin.   view more (2005-12-20)

Travelers can avoid jet lag by resetting their body clocks
A simple, at-home treatment - a single light box and the over-the-counter drug melatonin - allows travelers to avoid jet lag by resetting their circadian body clock before crossing several time zones.   view more (2005-11-02)

A Therapy for Baby Boomers to Sleep On
If you're over 55 and have spent more than a few sleepless nights, you're not alone -- insomnia affects about half of all people over 55 ― but you may also be at increased risk for physical and mental ailments.   view more (2008-08-18)

New research shows that the seasons may be involved in onset of menopause
Research by Hungarian fertility experts published today (Thursday 10 June) in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction[1], has revealed that the onset of the menopause[2] may not be dictated only by the fact that a woman's lifetime supply of eggs are running low, but also by changes in the seasons. Analysis of reliable... view more... (2004-06-08)

New medication brings hope of jet lag cure
A team of researchers from Monash University, The Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston), Harvard Medical School and Vanda Pharmaceuticals has found a new drug with the potential to alleviate jet lag and sleep disorders caused by shift work.   view more (2008-12-02)

Mary had a lot of lambs: Researchers identify way to accelerate sheep breeding
Mary had a little lamb, but only once a year. However, Cornell Sheep Program researchers have discovered an unusual form of a gene that prompts ewes to breed out of season as well as conceive at younger ages and more frequently.   view more (2009-08-07)

TAU Researchers Discover Correlation Between Birth Month and Short-Sightedness
Planning for a summer delivery for your child? You might want to choose an ophthalmologist along with an obstetrician.   view more (2007-08-27)

New study finds that ramelteon shows potential for circadian phase shifting
Results from a new study to further explore the mechanistic action of ramelteon suggest it may have the ability to shift the biological circadian rhythm - one's natural 24-hour sleep-wake cycle - based on a study model designed to examine this potential.   view more (2006-05-23)

Body clock linked to diabetes and high blood sugar in new study
Diabetes and high levels of blood sugar may be linked to abnormalities in a person's body clock and sleep patterns, according to a genome-wide association study published today in the journal Nature Genetics.    view more (2008-12-08)

High rates of skin cancer among airline pilots
Rates and types of cancer were assessed in 458 pilots, 265 of whom flew the national Icelandic airline across European and transAtlantic routes. These were then compared with the rates of cancer expected to develop in the population as a whole, gathered from data supplied by the national cancer registry, according to age.   view more (2000-02-14)

New genes present drug targets for managing cholesterol and glucose levels
Scientists have identified 12 new genes that are somewhat strange bedfellows: Some link gallstones and blood cholesterol levels, others link melatonin and sleep patterns to small increases in glucose levels and larger jumps in the risk of diabetes.   view more (2008-12-08)

New Evidence on How our Eyes use Light to Manage our Body Clock - University of Surrey Groundbreaking Study Results
A new study published this week shows for the first time that the human eye is sensitive to short wave length visible light and transmits information to the body clock in a way that may make it possible to manipulate waking and sleeping rhythms. This new data, gained from a study carried out at the University of Surrey, might enable this type of... view more... (2001-08-20)

The first autism disease genes
The autistic disorder was first described, more than sixty years ago, by Dr. Leo Kanner of the Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA), who created the new label 'early infantile autism'.   view more (2008-09-02)

Preventium is 'where the prevention of breast and prostate cancer begins'
Dr. Ercole Cavalieri and Dr. Eleanor Rogen of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer, located in Omaha, Nebraska, have identified the triggering mechanism by which breast and prostate cancer cells begin.   view more (2009-03-17)

Research says massage may help infants sleep more, cry less and be less stressed
New research by a team at the University of Warwick says that massage may help infants aged under six months sleep better, cry less and be less stressed.   view more (2006-11-09)

Research suggests unborn children may be at risk from environmental pollution
London, UK: New research being presented at a conference opening in London today (Monday 6 September) shows that harmful environmental agents can cross the placenta to reach the developing foetus.   view more (2004-09-04)

Health In A 24-Hour Society (p 999)
The increasing demand of many societies for people to work outside office hours could have negative influences on health, legal, and economic outcomes, suggest authors of a review article in this week's issue of THE LANCET. 20% of workers in urban societies work outside regular office hours. Shantha Rajaratnam and Josephine Arendt from the Centre... view more... (2001-09-19)

105-Day Mars Simulation: U.S. studies focus on improving work performance
From March 31 to July 14, a six-man international crew called an isolation chamber in Moscow their home. The crew, composed of four Russians and two Europeans, simulated a 105-day Mars mission full of experiments and realistic mission scenarios, including emergency situations and 20-minute communications delays.   view more (2009-07-14)

Rising childhood leukaemia incidence prompts conference
London, UK: The advances in treating childhood leukaemia over the last forty years have been one of cancer's outstanding success stories - but the fall in mortality has diverted attention from a rise in incidence, a London conference will hear today (Monday 6 September).   view more (2004-09-04)

Keeping the body in sync — The stability of cellular clocks
A study in Switzerland uses the tools of physics to show how our circadian clocks manage to keep accurate time in the noisy cellular environment.   view more (2007-03-13)
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