Even if you’re doing everything right: drinking water, getting sleep, keeping a routine — when the temperatures rise — you can still feel … off. More irritable. More tired. Maybe even more anxious. If ...
Kevin Miller can get a person to the brink of heat stroke in 30 minutes. In a chamber with a temperature of around 100 degrees, he starts them out on the treadmill, switching off between three minutes ...
Essential advice to get you through a heat wave. By Simar Bajaj A dangerous heat wave is expected to blanket much of California and the desert Southwest this week, sending temperatures into the triple ...
As climate change accelerates, summer is only getting longer – and hotter. Though the extreme heat can be difficult for anyone to deal with, it seems that it can be particularly arduous for people ...
Cold mornings have a way of making you pull your hood tighter, especially if you grew up hearing that your head leaks most of your warmth. That idea sounds intuitive, but modern physiology paints a ...
As temperatures rise, so does the risk of heat-related illness – especially for people taking certain prescription drugs. The body uses several mechanisms to regulate temperature: sweating, blood flow ...
PNW scientists have made a flexible “fabric” that converts body heat into electricity. Heat is energy, and most of the heat we produce — from our bodies, kitchens and cars — just dissipates into the ...
Julia Ries Wexler is a writer focusing on all things health and wellness. She has over 10 years of experience in health journalism, and though she has written about pretty much every health topic ...