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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered something alarming about how extreme heat affects human cognition – temperatures above 90°F don’t just make people uncomfortable, they actually impair mental performance in ...

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 ...