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Holiday Health Alerts: Doctors Warn of Cardiac Spikes and Urge Practical Steps for Safer Celebrations

Health officials outline clear guidance to cut Christmas and New Year surges in heart events, digestive flares and diabetic decompensation.

Overview

  • Cardiologists report marked holiday surges in cardiac events, with Dr. Kevin Ariani citing a 30–40% rise on Christmas Eve and 15–20% around New Year.
  • Nutrition and public-health teams advise a “healthy plate” approach—half vegetables, a quarter lean proteins, a quarter whole grains—plus steady hydration and portion control.
  • Gastroenterologists recommend lighter cooking methods, limiting alcohol and carbonated drinks, and waiting about two hours before lying down to reduce reflux and gastritis.
  • Diabetes specialists urge planning menus, avoiding daytime fasting, monitoring glucose, continuing medications and limiting alcohol, guidance emphasized as Argentina counts about 4.3 million adults with diabetes.
  • San Salvador de Jujuy is enforcing its noise‑free pyrotechnics ordinance (No. 7,458/2020) with market controls and a complaint line to protect vulnerable people and animals.