Well this explains that vast, unpopulated wasteland known as “the equator”;
Doctors warn that the warmer weather expected with climate change might also produce more heart problems.
“If it really is a few degrees warmer in the next 50 years, we could definitely have more cardiovascular disease,” said Dr. Karin Schenck-Gustafsson, of the department of cardiology at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute.
On the sidelines of the European Society of Cardiology’s annual meeting in Vienna this week, some experts said that the issue deserved more attention. It’s well-known that people have more heart problems when it’s hot.
Speaking of global warming, Saskatchewan’s forecast for the month of September includes snow…
During the winter months, “there is a change in the ratio of daylight hours to dark hours, which changes the hormonal balance, and the hormones involved, such as cortisol, can lower the threshold for a cardiovascular event,” explains Stephen P. Glasser, MD, a professor of preventive medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, in Birmingham, Ala.
But that’s not all that’s going on. Cold temperatures cause arteries to tighten, restricting blood flow and reducing the oxygen supply to the heart, all of which can set the stage for a heart attack.
“In cold weather, there is more oxygen demand by the heart because it is working harder to do the work and maintain body heat,” Glasser says.
The science is settled. There’s nowhere on earth where human beings can survive.