Ohio sleep expert on time change: light, action

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CLEVELAND (AP) — A sleep expert in Cleveland says brightlight and exercise can help avoid
sluggishness with the end to daylightsaving time on Sunday.Michael Decker is an associate professor of
nursing at Case Western Reserve University and studies sleep disorders.He compares the sluggish feeling
of turning the clocks back and the days getting shorter to jet lag.Decker suggests getting a morning
dose of sunshine and using blue-light emitting bulbs where we spend daytime hours.He also says daily
exercise can help avoid darkness-induced doldrums in the winter.Daylight saving time ends Sunday at 2
a.m.The clocks go back one hour.Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. local time March 9.Copyright 2013
The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten
orredistributed.CLEVELAND (AP) — A sleep expert in Cleveland says brightlight and exercise can help
avoid sluggishness with the end to daylightsaving time on Sunday.Michael Decker is an associate
professor of nursing at Case Western Reserve University and studies sleep disorders.He compares the
sluggish feeling of turning the clocks back and the days getting shorter to jet lag.Decker suggests
getting a morning dose of sunshine and using blue-light emitting bulbs where we spend daytime hours.He
also says daily exercise can help avoid darkness-induced doldrums in the winter.Daylight saving time
ends Sunday at 2 a.m.The clocks go back one hour.Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. local time March
9.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.

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