Study Asks if Moon Astronauts Got Increased Heart Risks – The New York Times

Read article - Jay Buckey, professor of medicine and adjunct professor of engineering, is quoted about a recent paper that examined how deep space travel may have affected the cardiovascular health of Apollo astronauts. Buckey notes that unexplored risk factors could also explain why two Apollo astronauts died of cardiovascular disease. "Were they smokers? Did they have a family history of heart disease? Did they have high cholesterol? Those are all factors that could lead to heart disease, without having to bring galactic cosmic radiation into the mix," says Buckey.