amednews: Editorial - Confronting health issues of climate change :: April 4, 2011 ... American Medical News
If physicians want evidence of climate change, they may well find it in their own offices...Spates of injuries are resulting from more intense ice storms and snowstorms.
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Florida's large elderly population makes it even more vulnerable to climate change. In the last two years, the Florida Keys have seen a tropical disease rarely apparent in residents of the United States -- dengue fever.
Maine, another state in which the AMA hosted climate-change CME, is seeing similar trends in terms of climate affecting chronic conditions, although instead of injuries from hurricanes, it's expected to have a rising rate of heart attacks and problems related to extreme snow, ice and cold.
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