While that ‘extra’ hour of sunlight in the evenings can be exhilarating, it comes with significant health trade-offs.
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Americans have long been divided over adopting permanent standard versus permanent daylight saving time. But support for permanent standard time grew dramatically between 2021 and 2024.
The time change can make you feel jet-lagged.
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Two sleep doctors offer some survival tips to help you adjust to losing that hour of sleep as clocks spring forward into daylight saving time.
Changing clocks twice a year may be more than just a biannual annoyance.
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By altering the body’s internal clock, ‘springing forward’ may contribute to an increase in heart attacks and strokes.
Sleep loss was an issue even before COVID-19.
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Springing forward for daylight saving time will be especially hard this year due to sleep loss from COVID-19. Why does the US keep doing this?