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Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Daylight saving time linked to heart attacks, study shows

Switching over to daylight saving time, and losing one hour of sleep, raised the risk of having a heart attack the following Monday by 25 percent, compared to other Mondays during the year, according to a new U.S. study released on Saturday.

By contrast, heart attack risk fell 21 percent later in the year, on the Tuesday after the clock was returned to standard time, and people got an extra hour's sleep.

The not-so-subtle impact of moving the clock forward and backward was seen in a comparison of hospital admissions from a database of non-federal Michigan hospitals. It examined admissions before the start of daylight saving time and the Monday immediately after, for four consecutive years.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

And what about links to depression???

Anonymous said...

A heart attack tack tack tack tack tack tack,you oughta know by now -Billy Joel.

Anonymous said...

Quick messing with the clock. Hated losing that hour of sleep (before going to work).