Dreading this Sunday’s change to daylight saving time, when we'll all lose an hour of sleep? Fatigue isn’t the only thing you’ve got to worry about, according to scientists who have studied multiple aspects of the annual “spring forward” from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. Consider: The number of serious heart attacks jumps 6% to 10% on the first three workdays after the start of daylight saving time, according to a 2008 Swedish study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Men are more likely to commit suicide during the first few weeks of daylight saving time than they are during the rest of the year, according to a 2008 Australian study in the journal Sleep and Biological Rhythms. The number of traffic accidents in the U.S. spikes on the Monday after the clocks move forward, researchers reported in the journal Sleep Medicine in 2001. Canadian researchers have pegged the increase there at 8%, according to a 1996 study in the New England Journal. In Sweden, it jumps by 11%, according to a 2000 study in the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention. Economists have found that sleep-deprived traders typically produce “large negative returns on financial-market indices” in the week following the shift to daylight saving time, according to a 2000 paper in the American Economic Review. Health concerns helped persuade officials in Kazakhstan to quit switching back and forth between standard time and daylight saving time in 2005, according to this report in Ka…[...]

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The onset of daylight saving time can be hazardous to your health

By Linda Childers, Special to Lifescript Padma Lakshmi is best known as the host of Bravo’s hit reality show “Top Chef,” but for years she suffered silently with endometriosis, a painful gynecological condition that affects more than 10 million American women and girls. In this Lifescript exclusive, the star discusses her experience with the disorder, plus the scoop on “Top Chef” and more… While she’s graced dozens of magazine covers, Padma Lakshmi harbored a painful secret: She suffered from endometriosis, a female reproductive disorder in which the endometrium, which normally lines a woman’s uterus, grows in other places as well, typically on the fallopian tubes, ovaries or the tissue lining a woman’s pelvis. Left untreated, endometriosis can cause pelvic pain, excessive bleeding, fertility problems, back pain and painful monthly periods.Many women with endometriosis struggle with infertility. However, Lakshmi defied the odds when she announced her pregnancy last year. She gave birth to daughter Krishna in February.Prior to her diagnosis, Lakshmi’s menstrual cramps left her bedridden for days. While friends tamed period pain with heating pads and over-the-counter medicines, the “Top Chef” host relied on the prescription narcotic Vicodin for relief. At times, Lakshmi’s pain was so intense that she canceled modeling jobs. “I hid a lot of my pain because I felt people would think I was exaggerating,” Lakshmi says.[...]

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Padma Lakshmi’s Endometriosis Struggle

Ashley Greene returned to LA earlier this week and immediately jumped back into the swing of things Tuesday grabbing lunch with friends at Mexicali restaurant. The Twilight star is back from Europe where she worked on her new film Apparition and spent a few days in Italy with Lindsay Lohan and Rachel Zoe during Milan Fashion Week. Yesterday we got a sneak peek at the Eclipse trailer and in a few short hours we’ll have the first look at the extended version! Ashley is not the only Twilight star currently in LA, last night Kristen Stewart stopped by The Tonight Show to promote her movie The Runaways before tonight’s premiere. For more photos of Ashley, just read more. View 10 Photos ›…[...]

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Ashley Greene Smells the Flowers While We Get the First Look at Eclipse Trailer!

The U.K. Statistics Authority’s Richard Alldritt is an expert in how governments fudge the numbers. He and his math-police squad are rooting out the truth, whether it’s to reveal the real gender pay gap or the actual rate of knife crime.[...]

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Minister of Truth: Meet Britain’s Top Data Cop

When in-house defense attorney Dimitrios Biller resigned from Toyota, he walked out with something potentially more valuable than his $4 million severance package.[...]

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Documents can establish liability, ex-Toyota lawyer says