What daylight savings time gives us #4: Potential health risks. Again results are unclear, but there seems to be some rise in depression, suicide, and heart attacks in a time change week. Not to mention obvious sleep deprivation, something we already have a problem with in the U.S. Below are the risks Wikipedia describes. Clock shifts disrupt sleep and reduce its efficiency. Effects on seasonal adaptation of the circadian rhythm can be severe and last for weeks. A 2008 study found that although male suicide rates rise in the weeks after the spring transition, the relationship weakened greatly after adjusting for season. A 2008 Swedish study found that heart attacks were significantly more common the first three weekdays after the spring transition, and significantly less common the first weekday after the autumn transition.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 17:29:09 +0000