Solar Alpha Particles and Death from Ischemic Heart Disease

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization, ischemic heart disease is at the top of the list of morbid
causes of death on the planet. In the present work: 1. Data are given showing the probable impact of positively charged
particles of solar origin with high energy on mortality from ischemic heart disease; 2. A hypothetical mechanism is
proposed to explain this phenomenon; and 3. This mechanism can be used to determine from satellite data specific points
on the planet's surface where increased mortality from ischemic heart disease should have occurred on specific dates. The
hypothetical mechanism was applied to analyze a sudden unexplained spike in the number of deaths from ischemic heart
disease in the United States on October 1, 1979.