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Daylight savings revisited: Reasons to make standard time permanent Wednesday, April 29, 2026
The Pennsylvania State Legislature is considering ending daylight savings time, but the impacts on public health are uncertain. Dr. Indira Gurubhagavatula weighs in and emphasizes that circadian shifts experienced in spring time are detrimental to an already sleep deprived public. Reported in Pennsylvania Capital Star.
Save it until morning: why bad decisions happen at nighttime Sunday, April 5, 2026
Michael Perlis, Ph.D. co-authored an article in Frontiers in Network Physiology that poses the "Mind after Midnight" hypothesis on why poor decisions, often leading to extreme harm, are made at night. The work is discussed in Futura.
No sleep in the clinic: sleep issues are typically not probed or discussed in doctor-patient conversations Friday, April 3, 2026
Dr. Indira Gurubhagavatula, M.D., M.P.H. talks about poll results from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, which found that about half of adults never talked about sleep quality during doctor visits. Changes in sleep quality could have health consequences, and understanding these issues could in some cases help reverse a health decline. See HealthDay for more.