http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress) -- The American Medical Association is acknowledging the growing evidence of health problems associated with exposure to artificial light, and is taking action that could lead to more government funding of research in this area. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-ama-health-implications-night.html Cancer Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:11:35 EST news259477631 If you're counting calories to lose weight, that may be only part of the weight loss equation says a new research report published online in The FASEB Journal. In the report, French scientists show that impairments to a gene known to be responsible for our internal body clocks, called "Rev-Erb alpha," leads to excessive weight gain and related health problems. This provides new insights into the importance of proper alignment between the body's internal timing and natural environmental light cycles to prevent or limit excessive weight gain and the problems this weight gain causes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-overweight-proper-important-healthy-weight.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 07 May 2012 10:24:06 EST news255605039 Exposure to the light of white LED bulbs, it turns out, suppresses melatonin 5 times more than exposure to the light of High Pressure Sodium bulbs that give off an orange-yellow light. "Just as there are regulations and standards for 'classic' pollutants, there should also be regulations and rules for the pollution stemming from artificial light at night," says Prof. Abraham Haim of the University of Haifa. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-white-suppresses-body-production-melatonin.html Health Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:39:21 EST news235039005