Bhubaneshwar, Oct. 28 -- Climate change , the impact of which is now being felt worldwide, has begun to affect human health in a big way with extreme heat events being linked to an increase in cardio-vascular diseases, an eminent expert said here at a programme.
"Extreme heat stress puts an additional strain on the heart, especially for individuals with pre-existing conditions such as hypertension and heart disease," Dr. Debi Prasad Tripathy, Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Canada, said.
Quoting a 2019 study published in the Environmental Health Perspectives, Dr. Tripathy said it indicated that heat waves increased the incidence of heart attacks and cardiac arrests, particularly a...