In the summer, bright, early mornings and late sunsets can throw off your circadian rhythm, exacerbating any sleep problems you face year-round, sleep experts say. Here, tips to get your summertime sleep cycle back on track. (Jupiterimages) Long summer days mean more time for outdoor activities and fun family events, but all the extra sunlight can be disruptive to your health, particularly if you live in a northern climate. (MORE: ) Why? Bright, early mornings and late sunsets can throw...

Put Your Best Face Forward Fight summer sun and air pollution, as well as winter's whipping winds and dry air, with proper nutrition. These foods will help you put your best face forward. (Thinkstock/mihhailov) When bare skin meets the weather, it can be a disaster for your complexion. In the summer, UV rays bore down, causing DNA damage at the cellular level, otherwise known as a tan or a sunburn. Overtime, this cumulative sun damage can cause wrinkling, sun spots...

As temperatures get warmer, a host of pathogens come out of hiding, threatening your summer vacation — and maybe even your life. Case in point: 2012’s mild winter, warm spring and sweltering summer exposed Americans to record-high numbers of insect- and rodent-borne illnesses, such as West Nile Virus, Lyme Disease and hantavirus. This summer, another bout of hot, dry weather could mean more infection. "Weather patterns can set the stage for big outbreaks," said Ben Beard, Ph.D., chief of the...

Palestinian group, Bar Palestine, pose for a picture during street exercises on the coast in Gaza City on August 2, 2015. Street workout, that is still new to Gaza, is a growing sport across the world with annual competitions and events. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images) Outdoor exercise gets an overhaul with this new fitness trend: street workout, shown above on the streets of Gaza. The World Federation of Street Workout and Calisthenics calls this anywhere, anytime exercise a “social movement and...

As residents and officials in the Tianjin Binhai New Area attempted to piece their lives back together after two Richter scale-tipping explosions, multiple people were evacuated and blocked from the blast zone. The Associated Press said crews recovered more people from the rubble on Sunday and worked to clean up hazardous chemicals. Authorities were rescuing an additional survivor and beginning to clean up the chemical contamination at the site Saturday when.The death toll rose to at least 112, including 21...

Last August, blue-green algae blooms in Lake Erie, which produced potentially toxic cyanobacteria, demonstrated the power of this threat to human health. Cyanobacteria have long been on the radar of public utilities and microbiologists. But the event in Toledo — where the city lost water for a few days — was the first large-scale public event related to the toxins. Pets and wildlife have died after drinking water contaminated with cyanobacteria from algae blooms. In humans, contaminated water has caused...

It's hard to make people care about the environment. A 2014 Gallup poll found, for example, that just believe climate change is already impacting the planet, when the fact is, climate change already affects your life — — whether you know it or not.) Most individuals find it difficult to care about something that feels so far off and abstract, as if its something happening to people who live either far off into the future or far away geographically. (MORE:...

You don't have to do yoga in a place like this to feel zen. Instead, follow these tips for your morning yoga practice from Amanda Murdock, a certified personal trainer and yoga instructor in New York City. (stocksnap.io/Julia Ceasar) Wake up with the sun, and your body will thank you. Regardless of the season (or the weather outside), there are real health benefits associated with this practice. Exposure to bright morning light is thought to be one of the best...

Summer is the season of backyard barbecues, lazy beach days and nights around the campfire. But any time you’re outdoors, you risk contact with insects and arachnids that can leave you covered in stings and bites. (MORE:) If you feel a sting this summer, consult this guide to help figure out what bit you – and whether you should consider seeking medical attention. Plus, learn how to prevent contact with some of summer’s most common (and most deadly) creepy crawly...

The Badwater Ultramarathon, run annually in Death Valley National Park's extreme heat, is one of the most grueling runs in the world. For average exercisers, how hot is too hot to work out outside? (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Weekend warriors, listen up: Sometimes, no matter how much you want to fit in that marathon training run, it's just too hot to venture outside. When the mercury has risen past the safe point foryou, though, varies. "It really depends on...

In this March 4, 2014 photo, Rafael Freire de Andrade, 8, who suffers from a rare inherited skin disease known as xeroderma pigmentosum, or "XP," rides his bike that has a cardboard box to shade himself from th sun, in the Araras community of Brazil's Goias state. Those with the disease are extremely sensitive to ultraviolet rays from sunlight and highly susceptible to skin cancers. That’s a particularly vexing burden in Araras, a tropical farming community where outdoor work is...

Summer: Blueberries (Courtesy Brittany Wright/wrightkitchen.com) Brittany Wright's photos are every organization aficionado's dream. The Seattle-based photographer artfully arranges seasonal fruits and vegetables by shape and color with stunning results. (A talent that's made her .) “I really enjoy naturally occurring beauty, things that I didn't create,” Wright told weather.com. “When I stumble upon something that I'm really wowed by, I love capturing that moment.” For much of her work, arranged by season in the slideshow above, Wright partners with local...