Hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) decline on days with major snowfalls compared with days without snowfall, but they jump by 23% two days later, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The researchers analyzed data (Am J Epidemiol 2017 Jan 30. [Epub ahead of print]) on 433,037 adults hospitalized at the four largest hospitals in Boston (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital,