Turning your clock back Sunday may help your heart
October 29, 2008 By STEPHANIE NANO , Associated Press Writer
Graphic reminder to turn clocks back one hour from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2
(AP) -- Turning your clock back on Sunday may be good for your heart. Swedish researchers looked at 20 years of records and discovered that the number of heart attacks dipped on the Monday after clocks were set back an hour, possibly because people got an extra hour of sleep.
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