Is daylight saving time bad for us?
This week parts of Australia are preparing to wind back their clocks to mark the ending of daylight saving time. For a long time the country has been divided about the positives and the negatives of changing the clocks twice a year. Norman and Tegan look into the health effects of this shift – from the impact on sleep to medical procedures and road accidents. References: Basic concepts and unique features of human circadian rhythms: implications for human health | Nutrition Reviews | Oxford Academic Are Daylight Saving Time Changes Bad for the Brain? | Cerebrovascular Disease | JAMA Neurology Daylight Saving Time and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis Daylight savings time transitions and risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An interrupted time series analysis Embryo transfers performed during daylight savings time led to reduced live birth rates in older patients | Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics Daylight saving time as a potential public health intervention Does lowering evening rectal temperature to morning levels offset the diurnal variation in muscle force production?
What's That Rash? · Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Show Notes
This week parts of Australia are preparing to wind back their clocks to mark the ending of daylight saving time.
For a long time the country has been divided about the positives and the negatives of changing the clocks twice a year.
Norman and Tegan look into the health effects of this shift – from the impact on sleep to medical procedures and road accidents.
References:
- Basic concepts and unique features of human circadian rhythms: implications for human health | Nutrition Reviews | Oxford Academic
- Are Daylight Saving Time Changes Bad for the Brain? | Cerebrovascular Disease | JAMA Neurology
- Daylight Saving Time and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis
- Daylight savings time transitions and risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An interrupted time series analysis
- Embryo transfers performed during daylight savings time led to reduced live birth rates in older patients | Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
- Daylight saving time as a potential public health intervention
- Does lowering evening rectal temperature to morning levels offset the diurnal variation in muscle force production?