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Expert Available: How Daylight Saving Time Impacts Your Health

As we get ready to spring forward this weekend, it’s important to note the toll Daylight Saving Time can have on your health.

Author : NewsGram Desk

Expert Available: As we get ready to spring forward this weekend, it’s important to note the toll Daylight Saving Time can have on your health.

Darker mornings and more evening light can knock your body clock out of whack — which means daylight saving time can usher in sleep trouble for weeks or longer. Studies have even found an uptick in heart attacks and strokes right after the March time change.

Faculty experts at the George Washington University are available to offer insight on how Daylight Saving Time can impact your health. To schedule an interview with an expert, please contact Katelyn Deckelbaum, katelyn.deckelbaum@gwu.edu.

Andrew Choi is the co-director of multimodality cardiac imaging and associate professor of medicine and radiology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He specializes in cardiovascular imaging and prevention.

Vivek Jain, is the director for the Center for Sleep Disorders at GW’s Medical Faculty Associates. He can speak about the importance of maintaining a sleep routine.

Adriana Glenn, is an assistant professor at the GW School of Nursing. She has almost 30 years of experience as a family nurse practitioner. She can talk about how Daylight Saving Time impacts children.

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