Heat exposure has been linked to lasting benefits for overall health. Spending time in heated environments, like a sauna, can reduce the risk of some chronic diseases and can help improve sleep, ...

But sustained periods of heat do more than that – they age us faster. Cumulative heat stress changes our epigenetics – how our cells turn on or off gene switches in response to environmental ...

"One of the largest continuous areas facing multiple indicators of high heat stress is in the southwest portion of the city of Houston, which includes Gulfton, Alief, Sharpstown, Westwood ...

"The temperature at which corals succumb to heat stress is generally thought to be innate and inflexible. But this work shows that an intricate biological partnership greatly increases the ability ...

“The Department of Health and Human Services’ assistant secretary for public affairs informed the CDC that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wanted advertisements that promote the idea of ...

A new study suggests the prevalence of extreme heat in Australia's cities is being under-reported. Temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius were far more common across parts of Greater Sydney than ...

Heat Also Affects Diabetes Medicine And Supplies According to the CDC, heat can damage your blood sugar monitor, insulin pump and other equipment, so leaving them in a hot car or even in direct ...

Meanwhile, more than 60,000 people visit the emergency department each year for heat-related illness, and over 13% of those need hospitalization, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

2014). Therefore, it is important to explore how the abalone respond to the heat stress and whether different strategies are taken to adapt to the high temperature. How do organisms response to the ...