Space Weather Causes Cardiac Arrests and Suicides -- You Should Be Keeping an Eye on the Kp Index

stock here, been meaning to weigh in on this for a while.   An outing with 3 college buds, who are all Doctors, inspired this.

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If you have tons of time to just throw away, please investigate some space weather events and effects.  I think it is super interesting stuff, and is not taught at University in general. 

This one by Harvard, very recent work, high power study.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-019-0516-0

Geomagnetic disturbances driven by solar activity enhance total and cardiovascular mortality risk in 263 U.S. cities

Now if you just have 5 minutes a day to “toss” I like to start my day with a coffee, some stretching, and the quick daily update from Suspicious0bservers….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRg6XG4A1fg

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https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/7/770

Above is the full study, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and below is a summary

https://www.heartmath.org/articles-of-the-heart/effects-geomagnetic-solar-factors-humans/#

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Geomagnetics / Space Weather affects people mentally too….

Geomagnetic variations of solar origin correlate with enhanced anxiety, sleep disturbances, altered moods, and greater incidences of psychiatric admissions (Hainsworth, 1983).

http://www.balkangeophysoc.gr/online-journal/2003_V6/feb2003/Dimitrova_final_Mike.PDF

In regards to suicides, there are effects from Space Weather, here is one that looks at a bunch of studies related to this topic.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890079/