Japan Earthquake Spurred Jump in Heart Ailments: Study
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The earthquake that spawned a tsunami and a nuclear crisis in Japan last year also spurred an increase in heart-related ailments and pneumonia, according to a study.
The weekly figures for heart failure, the inability of the muscle to pump enough blood around the body, and pneumonia jumped soon after the earthquake, according to Japanese researchers who presented their findings today at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Munich. The result was sustained for more than six weeks after the tsunami struck, compared with the previous three years, they said.