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Women who are exposed to greater levels of light while sleeping are more likely to gain weight, a new study has claimed. Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, found that body mass index, waist-hip ratio, waist-height ratio and waist circumference all increased with increasing exposure to light at night.

This is the most cynical, horrifying thing I’ve heard in ages. PETA has restarted a campaign to try and pretend there’s some link between “autism and dairy products,” in an attempt to scare people into going Vegan

The heroin users of today are more likely to be women, whiter, and older than Americans who used the drug in the past. A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry compared the population of heroin users between the 1960s and today. It found broad shifts in the age, sex, and race of heroin users, driven largely by experimentation with prescription …

Five airline employees are accused of using their airport security clearances to secretly smuggle thousands of dollars in cash past security checkpoints at Boston’s Logan International Airport. The ground operations crew members from JetBlue — Rupert Crossley, 25; Alvin Leacock, 27; Eric Vick, 24; and Anthony Trotman, 24 — and the customer service ramp agent from Delta, 31-year-old Dino Dunkley, …

A Sacramento woman says she was attacked by a bear while jogging around an Anchorage, Alaska Army base, and played dead to stop it. Jessica Gamboa said she went on a jog with her husband, who is stationed at the base, to break in some new shoes when they became separated. She saw some cubs and says she was suddenly …

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced stricter regulation of tanning beds that are used by millions of Americans. The agency said that it would require manufacturers to put a black-box warning — one of its sternest — on the devices stating that they should not be used by anyone under the age of 18, but stopped short of …

Just 14 years after declaring measles had been eliminated from the U.S. through a successful vaccination program, government officials say the confirmed number of cases of the highly contagious and occasionally fatal disease has reached a 20-year high.

Gov. John Kitzhaber has asked Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to sue Oracle for damages following the failed Cover Oregon website that cost the state nearly a quarter billion dollars and never worked.

Hosts for the 2022 World Cup, Qatar, have begun plans for the hosting of the tournament, and this includes control of tourist behavior. The country has begun the Reflect Your Respect campaign, which aims to inform tourists how to dress when coming to the Middle Eastern country.

The Santa Monica motorcyclist who was killed after colliding with a Toyota on Angeles National Forest above La Canada Flintridge on May 24 was the writer and director of the 1987 movie Mannequin and the 1993 film Mr. Nanny, it was confirmed by his family. Michael Gottlieb was riding his 2012 Ducati motorcycle during Memorial Day weekend on Angeles Crest …

Cuddling post coital is the key to a good sex life and relationship overall, according to science. And it’s even more essential once you have children. According to new research, what you do straight after sex can have a big influence in the success of your relationship. Kisses and cuddles in the afterglow is supposed to lead to a more …