Wearing Masks During COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Lower Risk of Air

Face masks may have protected hearts during the pandemic

Health measures introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic – particularly mask-wearing – may have helped protect people from a specific type of heart attack linked to air pollution, new research suggests. Drawing on data from Japan’s nationwide cardiovascular registry, researchers analysed 270,091 heart attack hospitalisations from 2012 to 2022. They compared the effects of short-term air pollution exposure before and during the pandemic, when wide…

Wearing Masks During COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Lower Risk of Air

A groundbreaking nationwide study conducted in Japan has shed new light on the intricate relationship between air pollution and the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), commonly known as a heart attack. This extensive observational research, spanning a decade from 2012 through 2022, unveils compelling evidence that short-term exposure to fine particulate matter, specifically PM2.5, […]