Heart Attack Risk Greater During Time Change
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (KRLD) - Not only do you lose an hour of sleep after the clocks move ahead to daylight-saving time this weekend, but you also may be at an increased risk for a heart attack.
Martin Young, an associate professor in the cardiovascular disease division at the University of Alabama at Birmingham says the numbers show a 10 percent increase in the risk of heart attacks.
The opposite is true when falling back in October.
The heart-attack risk isn't higher on the Sunday morning after clocks move ahead one hour because most people don't have to make an abrupt change in their daily schedule. The risk peaks on Monday, when most people get up earlier to go to work.
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