PA Lisa Alexia: why Alaska should end Daylight Saving Time
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Lisa Alexia is a psychiatric physician assistant in Anchorage specializing in eating disorders. Today we talk about her entrance to the health care field as a community health aide in Nikolai, Alaska, her decision to go back to school to become a physician assistant, and her work with eating disorders. But the last half of our conversation is the reason why she is on the show. Back in May, she authored an editorial in the ADN calling for an end to daylight saving time in Alaska. PA Alexia has become a subject matter expert on circadian rhythms, time zones, and the health risks of the sleep disruptions associated with time zone displacement, something that happened in 1983 when Alaska consolidated four time zones into one. She will explain today that what would be best for Alaska's health would be for our clocks to fall back and never spring forward again.
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