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About This Podcast
Climate change conversations usually center on heat stroke and infectious disease, but what about the brain itself? This episode digs into a major review connecting rising temperatures, air pollution, and extreme weather to stroke, dementia, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and psychiatric disorders. We unpack why heat and cold can raise the same disease risk through completely different biological routes, why multiple sclerosis patients paradoxically flare in hot weather despite the disease being more common in cold climates, and why these stressors seem to compound rather than simply add up.
Source Article
- Title
- Neurological and mental health in the era of climate change: mechanisms, clinical impacts, and adaptation
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- Published
- 2025
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1630975