heart disease Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:32:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Living Near Car Traffic Leads to Heart Disease, Study Finds https://www.greenoptimistic.com/car-traffic-pollution-heart-disease-20130421/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/car-traffic-pollution-heart-disease-20130421/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:32:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36477 Fumes from gas-powered cars (diesels, mostly) can harm your health seriously if you live near high-trafficked roads. Fine particle matter (PM) emitted by ICE engines enter your lungs and access even the deepest parts of them, as they’re just 1/100 of a human hair in width (2.5 micrometers). David Rich, ScD, associate professor of public […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/car-traffic-pollution-heart-disease-20130421/feed/ 0 36477 City Center Inhabitants Prone to Heart Disease, Danish Study Reveals https://www.greenoptimistic.com/pollution-heart-disease-20120501/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/pollution-heart-disease-20120501/#respond Tue, 01 May 2012 08:42:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=24236 A recent heart study specific to coronary artery calcification (CAC) suggests that city center pollution doubles vascular calcium build-up risk and thus raises the incidence of heart disease in major Danish cities. Residents of city centers who participated in this study were found to be at twice a higher risk of developing heart disease from […]

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