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What daylight saving time does to your brain and what you can do to help it

What daylight saving time does to your brain and what you can do to help it

We're living a global sleep experiment that we didn't sign up for

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Julie Fratantoni, PhD
Mar 07, 2024
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“It’s just one hour of sleep.”

Research has found when we lose an hour of sleep each year due to daylight saving time (DST) there is an increase in heart attacks and car accidents.

When we gain an hour of sleep by falling back an hour heart attacks and car accidents decrease.

Not to be dramatic but “just one hour” could be a matter of life or death. The …

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