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Be Sure to Adjust your Clocks This Weekend

Brian Yalung — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:42:32 +0000

Come this weekend, November 6, do not forget to fix your clock’s time. Why? Well, Daylight Savings Time will officially end, meaning you have to turn back the hands of clock (at least if you did adjust them) to the regular hours.

This only affects certain regions of course. This means that places like Hawaii, Arizona, Asia and most of Africa are not really affected by DST. In case you are wondering why the time adjustments are needed, DST has been an annual practice to help save energy. It was thought that by tacking on an extra hour of daylight in the afternoon, less electricity would be needed overall.

So this also means you have to adjust to your sleep and wake up schedules as well. Hence, unless you want to wake up on the wrong side of bed, better consider adjusting your time pieces this weekend.

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It’s Daylight Savings Time Again!

Brian Yalung — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:36:06 +0000

Daylight Savings Time is here again and people need to adjust again. This doesn’t only include setting your clocks to the new time frame but also conditioning your body clock to new sleeping habits where clocks will be adjusting to one hour in advance.

This takes place at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March each and every year, and then reverses on the first Sunday in November every year. Like it or not, you just have to do it. Unless you are in Hawaii or Arizona, you better start adjusting those clocks to make sure you don’t end up being late for an appointment or even for work.

(Source) Smart About Health

Watch Pat Device for Sleep Apnea

Brian Yalung — Sun, 10 May 2009 06:49:51 +0000

For people who are worrying about the degree of seriousness of their sleep apnea problems, here is a device that can ultimately help you determine the level or condition of your sleep apnea episodes. Dr. Shanon Takaoka of Kaiser Permanente’s Medical Sleep Lab shows off the Watch Pat, a device worn while sleeping that can determine if a patient has sleep apnea. It’s new to Hawaii and a lot less cumbersome than the traditional testing method, where the patient would have to come in to the lab and spend the night in less than ideal conditions.

Dr. Takaoka says the Watch Pat allows for a truer test and gives her the ability to examine more patients.”The promise of something that’s less intrusive, less cumbersome, easier to use and able to be done in the comfort of the home is much more attractive than what we were offering for a long period of time.”

That makes it easier for neighbor island residents, patients with unusual shifts, or those who can’t sleep in a new environment. Dr. Takaoka says anyone who snores and complains of disrupted sleep could have sleep apnea. “People with sleep disorders are less productive, they often have unexplained irritability or depression, it can impact relationships,” says Dr. Takaoka.

(Source) KHON