Global warming boosts heat-related cardiovascular hospitalizations, study finds

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/p-gwb071520.php

News Release 21-Jul-2020
PLOS


The impact of high temperatures on hospitalizations due to cardiovascular diseases has increased over the past two decades in Queensland, Australia, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Shanshan Li and Yuming Guo of Monash University, Australia, and colleagues.

Extreme temperatures--both cold and hot--are known risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Global climate change is increasing the duration and intensity of such extreme temperatures.

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