Study: Japan Tohuku 2011 earthquake/nuclear crisis spurred jump in heart ailments and pneumonia

[Emily]

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-28/japan-earthquake-spurred-jump-in-heart-ailments-study

By Kristen Hallam on August 28, 2012

The earthquake that spawned a tsunami and a nuclear crisis in Japan last year also spurred an increase in heart-related ailments and pneumonia, according to a study.
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The findings add to the toll the natural disaster has had on Japanese health. The island nation, once ranked the No. 1 country for longevity for women and near the top for men, has fallen to sixth for women and eighth or ninth for men following the March 11, 2011, disaster, said Shimokawa, a cardiologist at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine in Sendai, Japan. ...