🌲 Burning Risk: How Wildfires Ignite Heart Failure 📉
Dr RR Baliga's "Got Knowledge Doc" Podkast
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🔥 New Study Alert! 🩺
Wildfire smoke isn't just a respiratory threat — it's taking a toll on the heart, especially in older adults.
📊 A nationwide Medicare cohort (~22M) shows that long-term exposure to wildfire-specific PM2.5 is linked to significantly higher heart failure risk — more so than urban pollution.
📍 Vulnerable groups — women, Medicaid-eligible individuals, and low-income communities — face the highest burden.
🌫️ Tiny particles. Massive impact.
📚 Read the study: Hao et al, JACC July 2025
#Cardiology #AirPollution #WildfireSmoke #HeartFailure #EnvironmentalJustice #PM25 #PublicHealth #Epidemiology