Next month our lives will be thrown into a state of flux for a few days as we set our clocks back an hour.

While it’s certainly inconvenient from a sleep and scheduling point of view, scientists are increasingly concerned about the health impact of clock changes, too.

A new study by Stanford Medicine researchers stressed there are long-term health hazards to shifting the clocks back and forth each year – and having one set time is likely better for our bodies.

We already know the collective loss of an hour of sleep when the clocks change has been linked to more heart attacks and fatal traffic accidents in the days that follow. It’s also been linked to worsened mental health.

And now, Stanford Medicine researchers estimate that having a fixed standard time could prevent some 300,000 cases of stroke per year – and could even........

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