How Jet Lag Resets the Body Clock

Audio Report on Dec 13, 2010 by KQED QUEST staff from QUEST Northern California
Topics: Health, Radio

If you plan to take any long plane trips this holiday season, here are a few things to keep in mind: jet lag, scientists say, often hits women harder than men. The direction you're flying matters, too. Jet lag is worse when traveling from west to east. In fact, studies suggests that jet lag can do a lot more than just wear us out

Additional Links

• How Jet Lag Resets the Body Clock
• 2000 study about jet lag in flight attendants
• Lance Kriegsfeld's paper about jet lag in hamsters