A new study concluded that solar storms may play a role in causing heart attacks in women, and solar storms are huge batches of solar energy that cause Earth’s magnetic domain disorder.
The study was conducted by researchers from the National Institute of Space Research in Brazil, and its results published the Midsin Comingchens Magazine, and news magazine was written about it.
The researchers analyzed the records of hospital hospitals from Sao Jose Dos Campus in Brazil between 1998 and 2005, a period characterized by high solar activity.
Specifically, the team compared 1340 cases of heart attack with data on the change in the power of the Earth’s magnetic field, as it was measured using the so-called planetary index (KP-Index).
The researchers ranked the days they analyzed to quiet, moderate, and turbulent. Health data was divided by sex and age group.
It should be noted that the number of heart attacks in men is almost two times higher, regardless of the Earth’s magnetic conditions.
“When looking at the proportion of the relative repetition of cases, we find that it is much higher for women in troubled Earth’s magnetic conditions compared to quiet conditions. In the 31-60 age group, this rate reaches 3 times,” said Luiz Felipe Campus de Resondy, author of research and researcher at the National Institute of Space Research.
“Therefore, our results indicate that women are more vulnerable to terrestrial magnetic conditions,” Reesindy added.
What happens in the atmosphere?
Earth’s magnetic disorders occur when the solar winds – a continuous stream of sun -charged particles – collides with the Earth’s magnetic field. These events can disrupt satellites, radio signals and a global positioning system.
Since the late 1970s, studies in the northern hemisphere indicated that these solar particles may also affect human health, especially the heart.
Possible explanations include changes in blood pressure, heart rate, and even daily rhythms (normal sleep and waking cycle). But scientists assert that this link has not yet been proven.
There are some restrictions that must be taken into account, as this study is a observation study conducted in one city, and the number of participants was not ideal for answering medical questions.
The results also indicate that women may be more vulnerable to men’s geomic disorders.
The sun works according to courses of higher and low activity, each of which is estimated at 11 years. The current cycle reached its solar peak in late 2024 and early 2025, which means that the solar storms will increase the possibility of their occurrence during the next year.