Health Scare Story Du Jour

An absolute corker from the BBC:

Many more people will die of heart problems as global warming continues, experts are warning. Climate extremes of hot and cold will become more common and this will puts strain on people's hearts, doctors say.

A study in the British Medical Journal found that each 1C temperature drop on a single day in the UK is linked to 200 extra heart attacks. Heatwaves, meanwhile, increase heart deaths from other causes, as shown by the events in Paris during summer 2003...

This nonsense was published in the British Medical Journal and put together by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine* and the BBC article includes a rent-a-quote from the British Heart Foundation**.

* I can't help wondering whether the LSHTM is plastered with signs saying 'Now wash your hands'. Interestingly, the LSHTM is funded by the Dept for International Development and The Wellcome Trust.

** The British Heart Foundation is of course a fakecharity, which received £4,266,000 of taxpayer's money in 2008, see note 5, page 44 to their accounts.