||| FROM SCIENCE ALERT |||
“Previous studies have found that the “spring ahead” shift in DST can immediately increase the risk of heart attacks and car accidents, as well as cause temporary sleep disturbances. Meanwhile, the “fall back” shift to standard time is not linked to the same acute fallout.“
ORIGINALLY FROM SCIENCE ALERT
“Permanent standard time, for instance, would translate to 300,000 fewer cases of stroke and 2.6 million fewer people with obesity.”
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