Solar storms and heart risks: what possible impacts on human health? – Free lunch

A study confirms that this event would have direct consequences on human health. A solar storm has been heading towards Earth since Monday, July 18, after the solar flare that began on July 14. Solar storms are frequent and can have consequences on our planet, particularly on electrical systems, transformers… but also on our health. The magnetic impact caused by this phenomenon would thus interfere directly with the nervous and cardiac systems. In any case, this is demonstrated by a study published by researchers in Boston a few weeks ago in Science. “A quasi-immediate effect” To assess the impact of solar and geomagnetic activity on cardiovascular problems, the researchers followed 809 men aged 74 on average and carried out repeated measurements of their cardiac activity. And during intense geomagnetic disturbances due to solar storms, researchers have obtained surprising results. They explain that they observed “an almost immediate effect”. “This is the first study to demonstrate the potential adverse effects of geomagnetic activity on heart rate.” Data confirming previous work These results confirm the data from previous work, published in 2019 in the National Library of Medicine. In this study, the researchers claimed that electromagnetic disturbances induced by solar activity increased the risk of mortality and the risk of cardiovascular problems. A vast epidemiological study in 263 American cities was then set up to determine the effects of solar storms on deaths, cardiovascular diseases, heart attacks and strokes. “We found a significant association between solar storms, death and heart problems, but not for stroke.” The researchers, at the time, specified that the research should be supplemented with other parameters in order to determine “if these human physiological dynamics driven by variations in solar activity can be linked to clinical cardiovascular observations”. Other research to come Research will continue based on this postulate, as specified by Sciences et Avenir. Especially since given the solar cycle, storms of this type will follow one another in the coming months. It would therefore be interesting to study the phenomenon on women and young people, among others, and to complete the data that already exists.