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medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-29
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Why daylight saving time may be bad for your brain and health
medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-29
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https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)31678-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982219316781%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedDaylight saving time can be bad for your brain and health because the twice-a-year clock change disrupts internal circadian rhythms.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedDesynchronization of body clocks has been linked to increased risks of depression, obesity, heart attack, cancer and car accidents.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedOne study showed hospitals reported addressing 11% more depressive symptoms right after the fall time change, while the spring time change did not produce a similar result.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedMultiple studies have shown a small increase in heart attacks after the start of daylight saving time in spring and a small decrease at its end in fall.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedStroke rates are 8% higher in the first two days following both time changes.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedA study showed fatal traffic accidents increase 6% after the spring time change and are more common in the mornings directly after the clock change.View evidenceHide evidence
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PubMed, Europe PMC, Crossref · 15 candidate papers
Daylight Savings Time Transitions and the Incidence Rate of Unipolar Depressive Episodes.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2017 · PubMed, Europe PMC
Daylight Saving Lives: the effect of daylight saving time on homicides
2016 · Crossref
Psychiatric Admissions of Children and Adolescents Across School Periods and Daylight-Saving Transitions.
2021 · Europe PMC
Saving Daylight, Increasing Danger: Daylight Saving Time Leads to Less Sleep, More Injuries on the Job
PsycEXTRA Dataset · 2009 · Crossref
34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (SLTBR), 30 May-1 June, Lausanne, Switzerland.
2023 · Europe PMC