By John D. Sutter, CNN (CNN) — J.D. Moyer decided recently to conduct a little experiment with artificial light and his sleep cycle. The sleep-deprived Oakland, California, resident had read that strong light — whether it’s beaming down from the sun or up from the screens of personal electronics — can reset a person’s internal sleep clock. So, for one month, whenever the sun set, he turned off all the gadgets and lights in his house — from the bulb hidden in his refrigerator to his laptop computer. It worked. Instead of falling asleep at midnight, Moyer’s...

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by Zachary Shahan Extremely toxic chemicals linger in our food decades after being banned. Are we setting ourselves up for a worse discovery than this with GMOs? Think that once a toxic chemical is banned from agricultural use it doesn’t take long for it to leave our food? Think again. Recent research shows that numerous chemicals banned years or even decades ago, such as DDT, are still showing up in many of the foods we consume today. These are labeled POPs, “persistent organic pollutants”, and are not quite as nice as their acronym sounds. POPs require decades to break down and they can...

By Elizabeth Landau, CNN (CNN) — When Carol Weiher was having her right eye surgically removed in 1998, she woke up hearing disco music. The next thing she heard was “Cut deeper, pull harder.” She desperately wanted to scream or even move a finger to signal to doctors that she was awake, but the muscle relaxant she’d received prevented her from controlling her movements. “I was doing a combination of praying and pleading and cursing and screaming, and trying anything I could do but I knew that there was nothing that was working,” said Weiher, of Reston, Virginia. Weiher...

Jean Chatzky In just two weeks, the health insurance subsidy that was included in last year’s economic stimulus plan will start to expire. The subsidy of a federal program known as Cobra allows workers to continue their employer’s health insurance after leaving their job. The subsidy, which covers 65% of a laid-off worker’s Cobra payments, was key in helping people keep their insurance during the recession. In fact, a new federal study found that about a third of eligible, unemployed workers took advantage of the help. Those who became eligible between September 2008 and March 2009 will...

A British mom became the first pregnant woman to undergo a surgery last summer to remove a “monster” tumor from her chest, the Telegraph reported. Nicola Ellington, 26, and her then-unborn baby Layla Sky survived the two-hour surgery to rid Ellington of a teratoma tumor, which is characterized as a large tumor made up of hair and teeth. The watermelon-sized tumor was previously dormant, but began to grow because of pregnancy hormones, doctors said. Dr. Dawn Adamson, a cardiologist at University Hospital Coventry and Warkwickshire NHS trust, first detected the tumor in Ellington’s chest. “We...

Study Finds, Unlike Men, Women Who Are Much Older (or Younger) Than Spouse Have Shorter Life Expectancy´ (CBS) While studies have show marriage to extend life expectancy in both men and women, women who marry much younger men had better watch out – they’re much more likely to die younger. A new study shows that women who marry men seven to nine years younger than they are increase their mortality risk by 20 percent. This is the opposite of the finding for men who marry much younger wives – their life expectancy increases. The new study from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic...

By Jenny Hope The number of deaths among children under five is worse in Britain than anywhere else in Western Europe as women delay motherhood and lead unhealthy lives. Researchers say 4,324 under fives died in the UK in 2008, which was ‘way ahead’ of the number in France, Germany and Italy. More than half of the children died within the first four weeks of life and many of the deaths were preventable, according to their report. Read more…

by Rupert Kircz Following heated arguments a transsexual in the United Kingdom has initiated legal action against the National Health Service after they refused to pay for a breast enlargement procedure. The ‘woman’ claimed that her human rights had been violated because her mental health was at stake and would suffer if she was not given the breasts that she wanted. The transexual who has not been named has been on female hormone therapy and has lived like a woman for the last twelve years but she did not develop breasts which often happens with this treatment. She and her lawyers said...

By LINDSEY TANNER Scientists are puzzling over a surprising increase in stomach cancer in young white adults, while rates in all other American adults have declined. Chances for developing stomach cancer are still very low in young adults but the incidence among 25 to 39 year old whites nonetheless climbed by almost 70 percent in the past three decades, a study found. National Cancer Institute researchers and colleagues examined new cases from 1977 to 2006 of cancer in the lower stomach, which can be caused by chronic infection with a common bacteria called H. pylori. It also causes stomach ulcers....