Can apps and hacks really prevent jet lag?

Can apps and hacks really prevent jet lag?
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The Wall Street Journal
By Sumathi ReddyThis wasn’t the birthday greeting I had in mind: a 6 am alarm blaring in my ear.I had taken the day off for a milestone birthday (let’s not put a number on it), but here I was, bleary-eyed and grumpy, thanks to a jet-lag app I was testing for a family trip to Greece the following day. Sleeping in is one of my favourite pastimes. But when a friend travelled to India on a business trip with no jet lag after using an app, I figured it was worth a try.Jet lag is temporary but real. When we cross time zones, our circ...

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