IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? Global warming may increase risk for heart failure.

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When the temperatures soared in France during the summer of 2019, the heat wave appears to have worsened the conditions of heart failure patients, researchers report. Photo by geralt/Pixabay
Climate change could spell trouble for those with heart failure, a new study suggests.

When the temperatures soared in France during the summer of 2019, the heat wave appears to have worsened the conditions of heart failure patients, researchers report.

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“The finding is timely, given the heat waves again this year,” said study author Dr. François Roubille, head of the intensive care unit at Montpellier University Hospital in France.

The study, published Thursday in ESC Heart Failure, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology, found that warmer temps were associated with weight loss, which worsens heart failure.

www.upi.com/Health_News/2022/09/22/France-global-warming-heart-failure/4681663854002/

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