We lose an hour of sleep to daylight saving 2024. Here's how to prepare to spring forward overnight.
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Ready or not, daylight saving time for 2024 is almost here, which means we're set to lose an hour of sleep this weekend. On Sunday, March 10, at 2 a.m., clocks in most of the United States and many other countries move forward one hour and stay there for nearly eight months of daylight saving time.
As opposed to "falling back" in November when we gain an hour, this time change has us "spring forward," which means losing some sleep.
"As we move our clocks ahead, there's a jolt to the system," Dr. Beth Ann Malow, a neurology and pediatrics professor at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told CBS News last spring, explaining this jolt can affect our sleep and overall health.
DENVER — Pediatrician Patricia Braun and her team saw roughly 100 children at a community health clinic on a recent Monday. They gave flu shots and treatments for illnesses like ear infections. But Braun also did something most primary care doctors don't. She peered inside mouths searching for cavities or she brushed fluoride varnish on their teeth.