ABC News says there has been an increase in heart disease, and says it is caused by global warming.
“Dr. Martha Gulati will never forget the first time she saw a young, healthy athlete die of heat stroke.
It was 1995 in Chicago, in the middle of a heat wave that would ultimately claim nearly 700 lives. In the decades that followed, Gulati watched in alarm as the climate warmed and heat catastrophes grew even more intense.”
Rise in heart disease may be explained by extreme weather conditions: Study – ABC News