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Why daylight saving time is unhealthy – a neurologist explains

  • Written by Beth Ann Malow, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University
imageChanging clocks twice a year may be more than just a biannual annoyance.Carol Yepes/Moment via Getty Images

As people in the U.S. prepare to turn their clocks ahead one hour in mid-March, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines caused by switching from standard time to daylight saving...

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