Daylight Saving Time shifts may not be good for your health

Name: Daylight Saving Time shifts may not be good for your health
Uploaded: 2023-03-13T02:44:07Z
Duration: 2 min 10 s
Description: "It seems unnecessary to put everyone through that twice a year," said Dr. Ryan McCorkle, emergency physician at St. David's Medical Center. "Your blood pressure, diabetes, your mental health, all those things are affected. Whenever we change our sleep patterns, get out of our circadian rhythms. So daylight savings has a lot to do with that."

"It seems unnecessary to put everyone through that twice a year," said Dr. Ryan McCorkle, emergency physician at St. David's Medical Center. "Your blood pressure, diabetes, your mental health, all those things are affected. Whenever we change our sleep patterns, get out of our circadian rhythms. So daylight savings has a lot to do with that."

Posted March 12, 2023 9:44pm CDT