NY and NJ turn the clocks ahead Sunday: More daylight, more problems
, will return overnight Sunday and force people in much of the Northern Hemisphere to set their clocks forward an hour.
“If I was king, we would be on standard time everywhere,” said Dr. Adrian Pristas, a sleep specialist and corporate medical sleep director for Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey. Among the more serious consequences are hospital admissions for atrial fibrillation, Pristas said; an irregular, often rapid heartbeat that if left untreated opens up the risk for stroke.
“That can take a couple of days, or even a couple of weeks to straighten out after losing an hour of sleep because we’ve ‘sprung forward,” Pristas said.
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