Warmer Homes Mean Better Health For Poor People
Written on November 5, 2024 - 3:57 pm | by admin
Being warm enough at home might lead to better health, according to a new review appearing online in the American Journal of Public Health.
Hilary Thomson, of the Medical Research Council’s Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow, Scotland, and her colleagues combined the results of 40 studies from the 1930s through 2007. Improvements in general, mental, and respiratory health followed increases in warmth of a person’s housing, studies showed.
Positive effects included reductions in breathing-related concerns such as cold and flu symptoms, first diagnosis of nasal allergies and wheezing and dry coughs at night. Continue training!
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