Marilyn's photos - June 25 2025 - Is this heart attack season?
That's my question from the numerous headlines offering heart attack symptom advice.
Myheart.net says "No" - heart attack season is winter. They are least likely to occur in summer. And the most likely time of winter is over the Christmas and new years period.
And the day of the week? Monday. That's the case for various heart diseases and problems. In the Middle East, it is Fridays and in Japan it is the weekend.
And the most likely time of day? It is the mornings, and within the first few hours of waking.
So the worst scenario would be "a winter Monday morning in the setting of a natural disaster acting as a trigger"
So we're home-free, aren't we? It seems not so - the heat dome is dissipating slowly. While the temperatures are going into the high 20s today, they will feel like the mid-30s.
And heat is a contributor to heart attacks. One article says that "experiments have discovered that for every increase in temperature of 1°C (1.8°F), the chances of a heart attack raise by about 2-4%. Every day, throughout lengthy heat waves, this danger adds up..."
There aren't that many terms related to heat in the weather dictionary - heat index, humid, heat wave, heat stress, and heat dome. There is a wet-bulb temperature - the combination of heat, humidity, wind strength, sunlight angle and cloudiness. To quantify this, scientists turn to the “wet-bulb temperature,” which is based on a reading taken using a thermometer wrapped in a damp cloth.
So much for summer heart attacks. What was the winning bid for the piano on which Freddie Mercury composed Bohemian Rhapsody? Sotheby's auction says it was £1.74m. That was in 2023.
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