Singapore smoking ban may have prevented 20K heart attacks
Extending a smoking ban in Singapore in 2013 may have prevented up to 20,000 heart attacks among adults 65 and older.
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Extending a smoking ban in Singapore in 2013 may have prevented up to 20,000 heart attacks among adults 65 and older.
The haze is expected to be back in Singapore. How exactly do harmful particles in the air affect our health?
Photo: Pixabay/MARUF_RAHMAN Chronic air pollution is more than just a nuisance. It is an acute health hazard and the more we learn about its insidious eff
Nearly a decade's worth of data collected across Singapore suggests increased concentrations of tiny particles in the air can trigger cardiac arrests, making the need to cut air pollution levels around the world even more urgent.
In Singapore, small particles in air pollution may have resulted in sudden cardiac arrests in a few people who were not in the hospital but just going through their normal lives, as per researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School collaborating with the National Environment Agency (NEA) as part of the Pan-Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study (PAROS).