A new European cardiology report warns that people with the highest ultra processed food intake face notably greater risks of heart disease, irregular heart rhythms, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular death. The authors urge clinicians to more actively counsel patients on cutting back, saying the cumulative evidence points to ultra processed diets as a meaningful, modifiable health threat.
Mark Smythe, a New Zealand composer and professor, died after a medical emergency while hiking California’s Mount Wilson Trail in Sierra Madre. Authorities confirmed the cause as atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Colleagues, students, and family remembered him for film music, concert composition, and teaching, while the tragedy has renewed attention on hiking safety and heart-related risks on trails.
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As India’s heatwaves persist, health experts warn that the danger doesn’t end when the sun sets. Hot nights prevent the body from cooling and recovering, worsening stress, disrupting sleep, and increasing dehydration and heat illness risk. NIH-cited research finds night-time heat independently raises death risk, especially from stroke and heart conditions, with even greater danger when hot days follow warm nights.
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