Items Tagged ‘spring-forward’
March 19, 2013
Focus on sleep health at daylight saving time
Spring ahead. It’s what we do every year when we advance our clocks one hour for daylight saving time. To help your body clock adjust, sleep specialists at Mayo Clinic Health System advocate getting exposure to strong light in the morning. “To help your body function better throughout the day and to stay healthier, make a […]
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March 15, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
March 15, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
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March 15, 2013
‘Spring Forward’ is nothing to yawn at
Pablo Castillo is an assistant professor of neurology at Jacksonville’s Mayo Clinic and specializes in sleep medicine and disorders. A time-change opponent, he said the time change works against the body’s natural order. “The problem is that your biological clock will not recognized a forced clock time, the spring forward,” Castillo said. “Some people stay […]
Tags: biological clock, delayed sleep phase disorder, Dr. Pablo Castillo, Florida Times-Union, spring-forward, time change