====== Apollo Syndrome ======

A 2016 study into cardiovascular disease (CVD) amongst members of the NASA Apollo missions found that the CVD mortality rate in Apollo lunar astronauts was 4–5 times higher than in non-flight and Low Earth Orbit astronauts.

>[...] although deep space radiation seems a likely cause underlying the higher proportional mortality rate due to CVD in Apollo astronauts, __it remains unknown what specific factor(s) in the space environment is responsible."  __\\ \\ Source : [[http://www.nature.com/articles/srep29901|Apollo Lunar Astronauts Show Higher Cardiovascular Disease Mortality]] //Scientific Reports// 6, Article number: 29901 (2016)

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Also see : [[content:life_sciences:human_body:microgravity_immune_suppression]]