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New, Heart-Attack Risk Forecast Gains Increasing Importance During Polar Vortex
New, Heart-Attack Risk Forecast Gains Increasing Importance During Polar Vortex.
About this update from Luminar Media Group, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\nToronto, Ontario and New York, New York, Feb. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Big Data Media Inc. (BDM), a Toronto-based media company and wholly owned subsidiary of Luminar Media Group, Inc., (Luminar, OTCMKTS: LRGR), and Ascel Bio, a New York–based public health forecasting and consulting company, have made their Heart Attack Risk Forecast (Beta) Map available for free to the public during the period of freezing temperatures associated with the record-setting cold air mass covering most of the eastern United States. The maps, which are updated hourly, are found at www.diseasecast.com.\n The Heart Attack Risk map was launched in Beta form in late 2018 by DiseaseCast.  It is the first display in the U.S. of heart attack risks caused by weather conditions. It draws from official weather data and peer-reviewed academic studies proving links between weather conditions and heart attacks. DiseaseCast is a consumer-focused disease risk forecasting site and mobile application. The site is powered by Big Data Media, a subsidiary of Luminar Media Group. DiseaseCast presents America’s only zip code specific forecast for chronic and infectious disease risks, such as influenza. Output from multiple models for risks are displayed. These include, human and avian influenza risk, foodborne and waterborne diseases, mosquito diseases, as well as heart attack risks.  The site has unique visualizations that resemble weather forecast maps.  The risk maps are derived from reliable environmental and public health data, and Ascel Bio uses operationally proven and peer reviewed assessment approaches.  Models and approaches were first used by Ascel Bio in clinical settings since 2011. “Luminar is pleased to present this critical, life-saving tool to the public,” said Chris Cook, Chief Executive Officer. “The Heart Attack Risk map is an important addition to the offering, because it is a move beyond infectious disease prevention and into forecasting of chronic disease risks.” “There is solid scientific proof that animals of all kinds are stressed by extreme weather, and that these stresses have an impact on health,” says chief bio-meteorologist Mike Smith.  “Ascel Bio has been forecasting influenza risks associated with extreme weathe...