• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
  • WordPress
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
Science Update

Science Update

Sharing Science | Satisfying Curiosity | Debunking BS

  • Spotlights
  • Reality Check
  • Why Is It?
  • Radio Archives
  • Sciup @ School
Home » Radio Archive » Daily Show » Hurricanes & Heart Attacks

Hurricanes & Heart Attacks

November 16, 2016
https://podcast.scienceupdate.com/161116_sciup_heart.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window

BOB HIRSHON (host):

Hurricanes and heart attacks. I’m Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update.

The massive flooding and displacement caused by Hurricane Katrina was devastating for the residents of New Orleans, but the natural disaster also had long-term impacts on their health. Tulane University School of Medicine cardiologist Anand Irimpen says chronic stress is likely to blame for a three-fold increase in hospital heart attack admissions in the decade immediately following the hurricane.

ANAND IRIMPEN (Tulane University School of Medicine):

Besides that, we found a higher incidence of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking in the patients with heart attacks post-Katrina. And people were probably prioritizing rebuilding their homes than their health.

HIRSHON:

Irimpen says understanding the relationship between natural disasters and health could help local communities and governments prepare for future events. He reported the research at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2016. I’m Bob Hirshon, for AAAS, the science society.

Story by Susanne Bard

Category: Daily Show, Station DownloadTag: Medicine & Health
Previous Post:Stressed Spleen
Next Post:Robotic Motivation

Sidebar

Radio Program Archives

Want to learn more about the brain? The environment? Here you can browse the topics that come up regularly on Science Update.

Search the Archives

Categories

  • Daily Show
  • Station Download
  • Weekly Show

Find By Tag

  • 2020
  • Acoustics & Sound
  • Aging
  • Animal Behavior
  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Astronomy & Space
  • Biology
  • Brain Science
  • Bugs
  • Chemistry
  • Children & Families
  • cicadas
  • Climate & Weather
  • Communications
  • Computer Science
  • Economics & Business
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Environment & Conservation
  • Genetics & Evolution
  • Geology
  • Marine Science
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine & Health
  • Microbiology
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nutrition & Food Science
  • Paleontology & Dinosaurs
  • Physics
  • Plants & Agriculture
  • Political Science
  • Reality Check
  • Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Sports & Fitness
  • spotlight
  • Spotlight Bugs
  • Terrorism & War
  • Why Is It? Questions
  • Wildlife
  • Year in Review

Find By Date

Science Update
  • About Science Update
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

Mayan Honeybee hives
House sparrow wearing top hat rides aboard a red fireworks rocket

Copyright © 2023 · Springtail Media LLC · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Pongos