The Nuance

The Dawning Truth about Night Owls

Why staying up late is linked to health problems

Markham Heid
Elemental
Published in
4 min readJul 5, 2019

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DDuring his time in the Oval Office, Barack Obama was a self-proclaimed “night guy” who tended to stay up well past midnight despite his early morning duties. His predecessor, George W. Bush, was usually in bed by 10 and often started his workday well before seven a.m.

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Markham Heid
Elemental

I’m a frequent contributor at TIME, the New York Times, and other media orgs. I write mostly about health and science. I like long walks and the Grateful Dead.