Health Beyond the Blog: To DST, or Not To DST. That Is The Question

This week’s recommendation is the perfect podcast episode for anyone who is annoyed by daylight saving time. On the March 29th episode of Short Wave, a daily science podcast by NPR, Allison Aubrey and Emily Kwong detailed how changing our clocks affects health at both an individual and community level. For example, both heart attacks and car accidents increase in the days following the time change. Aubrey and Kwong spoke with several experts to break down these issues and more, addressing the science of why it is so important to take care of our internal clocks and how new legislation could help.

Listen to the episode here.