This weekend’s time change reminds me how much I love sleep. And if you read the cover story in the new Medical Examiner, you know that sleep is EXTREMELY important to health. If a person is doing everything else right except getting sufficient sleep, then that person isn’t healthy. Of course, it’s not always the person’s fault. There are medications …
Changing the clocks
According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), changing our clocks shouldn’t mean losing an hour of sleep. “The Sunday that marks the return of Daylight Saving Time is a shorter day. Make it a shorter day with fewer activities, not a shorter morning with less sleep,” says David Cloud, CEO of the National Sleep Foundation. The effect of that lost …