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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: rangerrebew on December 24, 2018, 03:43:12 pm
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How Daylight Saving affects your sleep and overall health
USA Today NetworkAshley May, USA TODAY Published 1:43 p.m. ET Nov. 2, 2018
Daylight saving time ends at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4. Here's what you need to know. USA TODAY
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Daylight Saving Time ends and clocks will "fall back" an hour this weekend, giving Americans the feeling of an extra hour in the morning, which could negatively affect their health.
"Ever since the institution of Daylight Saving Time, there has been controversy regarding whether it accomplishes its goals or not, and if so — at what cost," Timothy Morgenthaler, Mayo Clinic's co-director of the Center for Sleep Medicine, said in an email.
Morgenthaler has reviewed about 100 medical papers related to how the time change could affect health.
Here's what you should know:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/11/02/daylight-saving-time-how-hour-change-might-hurt-health-sleep/1856911002/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/11/02/daylight-saving-time-how-hour-change-might-hurt-health-sleep/1856911002/)