Health

Major Sleep Experts Officially Called For The End Of Daylight Savings

Research shows the very controversial practice messes with your Zzz’s.

by Melanie Mignucci
A woman sleeps underneath colorful prints. Sleep experts officially called for an end to daylight sa...
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The end of summer means a return to days that get shorter and shorter — until early November, when we’re plunged into darkness an hour earlier, rudely bringing us back to what’s deemed Standard Time.

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Each year, the beginning and end of Daylight Savings Time (DST) come with not just the general unpleasantness of time itself shifting, but also with health risks: poor sleep, which has been shown to lead to car accidents, heart attacks, changing crime rates, and more.

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