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This is an amazing gem: > on the Monday after spring daylight saving time, when we lose an hour of sleep, there’s a 25 percent increase in heart attacks > Con
by franciscop 7y ago
This is an amazing gem:
> on the Monday after spring daylight saving time, when we lose an hour of sleep, there’s a 25 percent increase in heart attacks
> Conversely, in the fall, when we gain an extra hour, there is a 21 percent reduction in heart attacks.
So daylight saving kills an extra 4% people by heart attacks. Light Yagami approves.
I wonder whether it's because of the sleep itself, or because when people don't sleep enough they tend to take stimulants that increase heart attack risks.
- rcpt 7y agoIt could also be the added stress of having to get going an hour earlier and likely being late.
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- maxerickson 7y agoThe article linked there (https://www.acc.org/about-acc/press-releases/2014/03/29/09/16/sandhu-daylight-saving%5C https://www.acc.org/about-acc/press-releases/2014/03/29/09/1... ) is a bit more nuanced. The heart attacks are shifted from the rest of the week to Monday, looking at the week it is about the same as other weeks. (also, those heart attacks are not necessarily lethal)
- jlokier 7y ago> (also, those heart attacks are not necessarily lethal) That sentence is not as comforting as I think you meant it to be.
- maxerickson 7y agoI didn't mean it to be comforting, the other poster talked about Daylight Saving Time killing people, which is not a great way to talk about what is going on, it creates moderate pressure for cardiac events to happen earlier in the week it occurs. I mean, I guess I do find it mildly reassuring, as I know a few people directly that have survived heart attacks, had cardiac bypass and then felt much better than they had for quite some time prior to the heart attack.