Extreme heat can increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other serious cardiovascular events, particularly among older adults and people with existing heart conditions.
As summer temperatures begin to climb across much of the country, researchers are taking a closer look at what that could mean for public health.
, University Hospitals and the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center projects that as climate change leads to more frequent extreme heat events, heat-related heart disease could increase by 200% nationwide over the next 25 years.
We'll talk with two of the researchers behind the study about what they found, who could be most affected and what can be done to reduce the risks.
Guests:
- Gokul Parameswaran, Research Associate, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
- Salil Deo, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
