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Daylight Saving Time Has Negative Mental, Physical Health Effects, Say Medical Professionals

The ongoing disruption to our bodies' rhythms leads to higher rates of heart attack and stroke.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – For many people, seeing that extra hour vanish into thin air is dispiriting – but it’s a bummer that is mostly forgotten as we try and adapt to the new normal. But Erin Jirak, a sleep medicine specialist with Essentia Health based in Wahpeton, says that our bodies aren’t so quick to move on. Shifting the…