More heat is transferred between objects that are just a few nanometers apart than physics theory predicts. A research team ...

I have terrible body temperature control. I stick my head in the freezer when it’s sizzling hot outside. Blood vessels in my hands spasm when it’s damp and chilly. “I’m hot; now I’m cold” is a running ...

Environmental factors (e.g., humidity, wind, temperature, radiant heat, clothing, and workload i.e., metabolic rate) are considered when determining if a heat risk is present indoors or outdoors.

Physiologic monitoring may be used in conjunction with other environmental measurements as a means to determine the heath impact of heat stress. Such techniques include oral, skin, and aural ...

Goodell, a contributor to Rolling Stone and a NYT bestselling nonfiction writer, is the author of the new book The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet The last time the Earth ...

On a sweltering day in June, 2019, David Kim, a third-year medical resident, was working in a Bay Area emergency department when he received a dispatch. The temperature outside was ninety-nine degrees ...

Etiology. Exertional heatstroke (EHS) is defined by hyperthermia (core body temperature >40°C) associated with central nervous system disturbances and multiple organ system failure. When the metabolic ...

When medical professionals note a patient’s temperature dropping in the final hours of life, they’re witnessing one of the most reliable biological signals of approaching death. This temperature ...