Climate Change

Excessively high temperatures observed during a 2019 heat wave in France were closely associated with weight loss measured in adults with chronic HF, indicating worsening of HF, according to an analysis of telemonitoring and weather data.

President Joe Biden recently announced Renee WegrzynPhD, as the inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.

A recent perspective published in The New England Journal of Medicine explored the effects climate change has already had on the vulnerable population of pregnant people and their children, and what needs to be done to protect them.

Exposure to increased concentrations of airborne particulate matter appeared associated with increased risk for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer among never-smokers, according to study results presented at ESMO Congress.

According to survey results, most Texas high school and collegiate athletic coaches, staff and trainers are considering the implications of extreme heat on outdoor sports athletes.

Social isolation and loneliness are associated with a 29% increased risk for myocardial infarction and/or cardiovascular death and a 32% increased risk for stroke and stroke death, according to the American Heart Association.

One existential threat we all face is global warming and the associated changes in weather, so-called climate change.

Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, a global health emergency that has killed millions, the WHO called climate change the single biggest health threat facing humanity.

There is so much waste in our offices and operating rooms, and we do not even think about it anymore. We have to start looking at what is happening and start being observant about where the waste is going.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In this Healio video exclusive, Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, issues a call to action for cardiologists to acknowledge the detrimental effect of climate change on heart health.