{"id":626158,"date":"2026-03-02T05:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T05:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/626158\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T05:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T05:19:21","slug":"prep-now-24-higher-heart-risk-after-clocks-spring-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/626158\/","title":{"rendered":"Prep Now, 24% higher heart risk after clocks spring forward."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">February was toasty with 20 days of above-average highs and we\u2019re starting March with patchy fog this morning, then a sunny day with an above-average high of 80! <\/p>\n<p>February  high temperatures (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">So what can we expect in March? After a toasty February? For the next 5 days, we\u2019re tracking above average highs in the upper 70s and lower 80s.<\/p>\n<p>March Preview (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">And we can\u2019t forget that clocks spring forward on March 8th, meaning we lose an hour of sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Safety tips ahead of the time change (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to American Heart Association, heart attacks increase by 24% on the Monday after the time change from a Michigan hospital study.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>That\u2019s why it\u2019s important to start preparing for the time change now:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>Gradually shift your bedtime 15\u201330 minutes earlier each night<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>Get more morning sunlight to help reset your internal clock,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>And skip the late-night coffee.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Speaking of sunlight, here\u2019s how the time change plays a role in giving us that extra daylight to help reset your rhythms naturally:<\/p>\n<p>Tracking the sun (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Enjoy the sunshine while you can because we\u2019re watching rain chances developing mid-week through the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February was toasty with 20 days of above-average highs and we\u2019re starting March with patchy fog this morning,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":626159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[265031,97223,267550,4345,267547,267546,267548,8377,56253,358,267549,3187],"class_list":["post-626158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-above-average-temperatures","tag-daylight-saving-time","tag-health-impact-of-time-change","tag-houston","tag-houston-march-weather-2026","tag-march-weather-forecast","tag-natural-rhythm-reset","tag-sunrise","tag-sunset","tag-texas","tag-time-change-health-tips","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116157899803560781","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}