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Change the environmental ab behaviors of the congregations. they hope to reach millions of people on the subject of climate change. >> jet lag grounded forever? scientists discovered what they claim is the reset button for internal body clocks. light stimulates the making of specific proteins that synchronize the body clocks rhythm with daily environmental cycles. they researches hope to sdefldevelop treatments for jet bag andlag and even treatment . >> suv driver nearly plows into kids at a bus...

The facility yesterday after completing treatment. cassandra and her mother initially refused the chemo, want to go explore alternative treatments. but connecticuts supreme court ruled that cassandra didnt have the maturity to make her own medical decisions. it affects 1 in 6 american adults. but the good news is there is a new drug that might help treat yao high cholesterol. those taking this new drug in a recent trial were found to have lower levels of ldl, which is the so-called bad cholest...

Canadian scientists have come up with a so-called jet lagging pill that could reset your body clock. it would benefit night shift workers and insomniacs. experimental drug developed at mcgill university synchronizes blood cells by fooling the body by thinking day is night and vice-versa. something i have not been able to fool my body in to thinking just yet. >> i keep telling you you have to get the dark shades, what do they call them. >> blackout shades. >> yeah. you need a pair of those now. >...

But it is the stress of going against your body clock that is putting you more at risk for different types of diseases in general >> i am going to try to make a point to try to put the devices away earlier because of you. thank you. merry christmas. the stabbing death of a pittsburgh police dog has led officers more than a thousand miles away to take steps to protect their own k-9s. in andover, kansas the department is arming their dogs with bullet-proof vest. they put their lives on the line ...

What are some of those? >> there are a lot of medical conditions that cause you to sleep poorly. if you have an overactive thyroid, it can prevent you from getting good sleep. if you have sleep apnea, that causes pauses in your breathing during sleep. these medical conditions are dangerous and can lead to strokes, high , so you need to get to the baseline issue of why you are not sleeping well. for some it is poor habit and for others it could be a medical problem. >> you want to go to the docto...

>> let me bring in a sleep specialist, michael bruce author of "the sleep doctors diet plan". can you explain, a, what does this sound like to you? this term nodding off, does that mean somebodys asleep? >> well, it can. and then again it may not. i think were definitely in a realm of something that were not 100% sure of that we cant understand here. what we do know, however, is that he was on a different shift approximately two days before he took on this shift. and what were asking him to do i...

Meltonin does not like light. >> blue lights. >> blue lights are worse. generally having all the lights on is not great but blue lights are more of an offender than full spectrum. >> two, stay steady. what does that mean? >> we as human have been around for thousands of years, really, and we dont understand work days versus weekends, our bodies dont. to be able to keep the same sleep schedule seven days a week helps our body clock. our body doesnt know weekend versus weekday. >> number three, ba...

Research from australian sleep psychologists. they trick your body clock into getting more sleep. put these on for 30 to 50 minutes in the morning to get more sleep. it is great for shift workers like nurses or if you have jet lag. you follow these calculations and they help you sleep better. >>anna: do they work? >> a lot of nurses are turning to these. a ton of research went into this. we have more. >>anna: next up? >>steve: the sleep cycle app. >> this is probably one of the most popular slee...

Enforcement was you defended yourself or you defended another person and you just didnt walk up and start a fight. thats where the term came from. but the reality of it is, youre teaching people how to defend themselves through fighting techniques. >> why such a short period of time that -- >> when i started there in riviera because it was a very active city and riviera beach, i didnt spend any time on midnights. i actually was pretty much always on 3:00 to 11:00. you know, the evening shift whe...

Became defensive in nature. even though there are taught offensive techniques. the whole goal in law enforcement was you defended yourself, you defended another person, you just didnt walk up and start a fight. thats where the term came from. but the reality of it is is youre teaching people how to defend themselves through fighting techniques. >> why such a short period of time at jupiter pd? >> when i started there -- in live year ra because it was a very active city, in riviera beach, i didnt...