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Daylight Saving Time Linked To Heart Attacks
jones_supa (887896) writes "Switching over to daylight saving time, and hence 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 the extra hour of 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. Researchers cited limitations to the study, noting it was restricted to one state and heart attacks that required artery-opening procedures, such as stents."
Must prove that the risk of a heart attack won't simply average out the same, in order to prove that this is a knock against DST. There's plenty of people at risk of a heart attack, and keeping an hour of sleep isn't going to change all of the other risk factors.
Tell me about it. I took a holiday to find out my "natural" clock. It's closer to a 28 hour cycle than a 24 hour one. In other words, I'm constantly sleepy and unable to fall asleep if pressed into a 24 hour cycle.
One hour give or take is pretty much moot to me, but it may give people an idea what life is like for me ALL the time, not just when an hour gets "taken" from me.
Poor little you. Do you have gluten sensitivity too? Is your inability to eat Paleo all the time ruining your life? What other imaginary ailments plague you?