The alarming surge in cardiovascular diseases and how to combat them – Firstpost

The alarming surge in cardiovascular diseases and how to combat them – Firstpost

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 32 per cent of global fatalities. According to statistics from the World Health Organisation, CVDs claimed 17.9 million lives in 2019 with heart attacks and of these deaths, 85% were died due to heart attack and stroke. A staggering 75% of CVDs accounted … Read more

How diet, exercise and stress management can lower cardiovascular disease risk – Firstpost

How diet, exercise and stress management can lower cardiovascular disease risk – Firstpost

Unhealthy lifestyle choices and environmental factors significantly contribute to the risk of developing heart disease and stroke. The most important behavioural risk factors include unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and harmful alcohol consumption. read more Maintaining heart health demands a multifaceted strategy including a balanced diet, regular exercise and proactive management of risk factors … Read more

Lifestyle, pollution & mental health linked to rising heart disease among youth  – Firstpost

Lifestyle, pollution & mental health linked to rising heart disease among youth  – Firstpost

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the primary cause of mortality worldwide, resulting in a substantial number of fatalities and disabilities. The alarming statistics from 2021 reveal that CVDs claimed 20.5 million lives, accounting for approximately one-third of all global deaths. Young Indians are increasingly vulnerable to heart disease due to alarming environmental and lifestyle factors. Rising … Read more

As temperatures rise, so will the cost of an AC unit

As temperatures rise, so will the cost of an AC unit

Cost of Living5:07The hot, sweaty irony of it all Star Vickery never used to need an air conditioning unit to stay cool in her home in Halifax. But summers are getting warmer, she says, and since she now works from home, it’s become a must.  But cooling your home can be costly. The unit cost … Read more

Southern Europe is sick of tourists – POLITICO

Southern Europe is sick of tourists – POLITICO

In Venice, authorities introduced a symbolic €5 entry fee to limit the number of tourists. The measure, however, backfired, instead fomenting further protest from locals who claimed the city has been transformed into a theme park. Cities have been fighting over-tourism with fines, fees and bans — to varying degrees of success. | Jamie Reina/Getty Images … Read more

Everton resident fights to save monarch butterflies as populations plummet in 2024

Everton resident fights to save monarch butterflies as populations plummet in 2024

During the summertime, it’s routine for Everton resident Susan Johnson to go to her backyard and check on her milkweed plants in the garden.  Milkweed plants are the only host plant for monarch caterpillars. It provides the nourishment the monarch needs to transform into an adult butterfly. Without it, the monarch cannot complete its life … Read more

Scorching Olympic heat ‘impossible’ without climate change – POLITICO

Scorching Olympic heat ‘impossible’ without climate change – POLITICO

The blistering temperatures engulfing athletes and fans at the Paris Olympics in recent days would have been “virtually impossible” without man-made climate change, leading climate scientists have concluded.  A day after athletes resorted to draping ice bags over their shoulders in temperatures topping 35 degrees Celsius, a World Weather Attribution analysis showed that fossil fuel … Read more

Kashmir records highest July temperatures in 25 years amid heat wave

Kashmir records highest July temperatures in 25 years amid heat wave

Photo: X Srinagar: Kashmir has been reeling under intense heat wave with several places in the valley recording their highest July temperature in 25 years on Sunday. According to the meteorological office here, Srinagar city recorded a high of 36.2 degrees Celsius on Sunday. This was hottest July day since July 9, 1999 when the … Read more

Earth becoming hotter and more dangerous for all

Earth becoming hotter and more dangerous for all

United Nations —  The U.N. Secretary-General warned Thursday that the Earth is becoming hotter and more dangerous for everyone, killing nearly a half-million people annually, and he blamed fossil fuels for driving global warming. “Billions of people are facing an extreme heat epidemic — wilting under increasingly deadly heat waves, with temperatures topping 50 degrees … Read more

July 21 was the hottest day on record, European climate agency says

July 21 was the hottest day on record, European climate agency says

On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus on Tuesday. Preliminary data from Copernicus shows that the global average temperature Sunday was 17.09 C, beating the record set just last year on … Read more