It’s the dreaded Monday that follows the switch to daylight saving time. We drag our bodies from bed and curse the powers that robbed of us of an hour of sleep. The Monday that follows DST is full of woe:You might have a heart attackStudies have shown an association between sleep and heart attacks. In particularly sensitive people, the hour of lost sleep may increase heart rate, blood pressure, stress levels and chemicals that promote inflammation. Basically, if you force most of an entire country to lose an hour of sleep, it follows that more cars than usual are going to be skidding into highway barriers.

Source: National Post March 11, 2019 14:37 UTC