59: AASM's Push to End Daylight Saving Time

Welcome to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments™ podcast. Tune in to hear leaders in neurology sound off on topics that impact your clinical practice. In this episode, we spoke with Seema Khosla, MD, FCCP, FAASM, medical director, North Dakota Center for Sleep. She shared her insight into the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's ongoing initiative to switch to a fixed standard time year-round, as well as offered her perspective on the current state of care for sleep disorders. Episode Breakdown: 1:30 – AASM's position statement on daylight saving time 3:15 – The impact of daylight saving time on circadian rhythm 5:30 – Patient education on sleep and daylight saving 6:40 – What can be learned from similar attempts to address sleep issues 10:00 – Evidence in favor of fixed-standard time 11:45 – Neurology News Minute 14:50 – The state of sleep in the US 19:15 – Physicians' relationship with sleep education 23:20 – Importance of World Sleep Day and awareness 25:30 – Advice for inquiring about patient sleep The stories featured in this week's Neurology News Minute, which will give you quick updates on the following developments in neurology, are further detailed here: Roche Announces Phase 3 SKYLINE Trial of Gantenerumab in Alzheimer Disease FDA Approves Saluda’s Evoke Spinal Cord Stimulation System for Chronic Intractable Pain IND Application Accepted for Phase 2b Trial of NOE-101 in Trigeminal Neuralgia Thanks for listening to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments™ podcast. To support the show, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. For more neurology news and expert-driven content, visit neurologylive.com. REFERENCES 1. Rishi MA, Ahmed O, Perez JHB, et al. Daylight saving time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020;16(10):1781-1784. doi:10.5664/jcsm.8780  2. AASM calls for end of seasonal time changes ahead of “springing forward”. News release. AASM. March 9, 2022. Accessed March 10, 2022. https://aasm.org/aasm-calls-for-end-of-seasonal-time-changes-ahead-of-springing-forward/