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As we approach the changing in the clocks, a new study suggests that the end of daylight savings time may actually be good for the heart.
We are less than a week away from the ending of daylight savings time, and according to the study, this results in a 5% drop in the number of heart attacks that are reported in the US each year.
Many believe sleep to be a contributing factor to why heart attacks drop after the ending of daylight savings time, due to people getting that extra hour of rest a night.
For their study researchers examined heart attack patients from the country of Sweden.
The researchers noted a hike in heart attacks for the first 3 days after the beginning of daylight savings time in the spring, and a reduction in fall when the clocks lose an hour.
“Our data suggest that vulnerable people might benefit from avoiding sudden changes in their biologic rhythms,” said Drs. Imre Janszky of the Karolinska Institute and Rickard Ljung of the National Board of Health and Welfare, both in Stockholm.
