‘Heat is a real force multiplier of the illnesses and chronic conditions that we have.” More bad news about the Phoenix heat wave – it could be damaging our long-term health.
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Arizona Republic
Maricopa County identified 425 heat-associated deaths in 2022, but one local researcher says that number is likely a vast undercount.
Dr. Pope Moseley, a physician and research professor at Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions, has been researching heat-related illness for three decades and cites evidence that shows heat waves increase suicides, heart attacks, drug-overdose deaths and hospitalizations for dementia, among other things.
Heat, particularly when it’s prolonged, can make people with underlying health conditions such as diabetes, asthma and heart disease more vulnerable to heat illness, to exacerbated health problems and to death, Moseley said. In other words, his research shows that heat-related deaths recorded in public…
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