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Around the world in achy daze.


A better simulation of jet lag jet lag

Period of adjustment of biological rhythm after moving from one time zone to another, experienced as fatigue and lowered efficiency. It reflects a delay in the synchronization of changes in the level of blood cortisol, the major steroid produced by the adrenal cortex
 than that described in "Jet lag might hasten has·ten  
v. has·tened, has·ten·ing, has·tens

v.intr.
To move or act swiftly.

v.tr.
1. To cause to hurry.

2.
 death in elderly" (SN: 11/25/06, p. 349) would have been to shift daytime Daytime may refer to:
  • Daytime (astronomy), the time between sunrise and sunset, on Earth or elsewhere
  • The DAYTIME protocol, used on computer networks
  • Daytime television
  • Daytime (album), a single by the German band Jane

 forward 1 week, then back the next, and continue alternating for the 8 weeks of the experiment. This would mimic actual travel, rather than simulating endless trips around Earth in one direction.

DIAN DUCHIN REED, SOQUEL, CALIF.
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Title Annotation:LETTERS
Author:Reed, Dian Duchin
Publication:Science News
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Jan 27, 2007
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