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Young children are more vulnerable to climate-related health risks, shows study

Young children are far more vulnerable to climate-related disasters and the onus is on adults to provide the protection and care that children need, according to research by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

7 Aug 2018

New formula quantifies serious hazards to young children left in hot cars

A mathematical model developed by Robert Brown, Texas A&M professor of landscape architecture, was used in a highly publicized study quantifying the time it takes for young children to become dangerously hot when they are accidentally left in the back seat of a sweltering car.

6 Jul 2018

Exercise and hot baths are not dangerous during pregnancy, suggests study

A new study has suggested that pregnant women can exercise in warm weather, take saunas or have short steam baths without affecting their unborn child.

2 Mar 2018

Study sheds light on Salmonella death at low temperatures

The most economical way to kill bacteria that cause common food-borne illnesses -- mostly caused by Salmonella enterica -- is heat, but, the mechanisms that kill Salmonella at lower temperatures were not fully understood until now, according to a team of researchers.

7 Feb 2018

Scientists make breakthrough by suppressing aflatoxin-producing fungus in groundnut

Scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, in St. Louis, MO and their collaborators at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in Hyderabad, India, United States Department of Agriculture and Louisiana State University have made a significant research breakthrough by suppressing the aflatoxin-producing fungus in groundnut.

1 Nov 2017

Study reveals advancement in preservation of certain type of medicines in adverse conditions

A recent study by biological engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, demonstrated a significant advancement in the preservation of particular types of medicines, known as protein expression systems, for field applications - enabling those medicines to be stored and reconstituted on site in adverse conditions.

9 Oct 2017

Extreme heat exposure may have adverse effects on pregnant women and their babies

Pregnant women are an important but thus far largely overlooked group vulnerable to the effects of extreme heat linked to climate change, according to new research by Sabrina McCormick, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.

8 Aug 2017

Study findings provide insight into changes in thermal comfort

Whether you prefer a cool summer night with a gentle breeze or a crystal clear and still winter day, the human perception of temperature, or thermal comfort, whilst largely dependent on the temperature itself, involves several other climate variables, such as humidity and wind speed.

27 Apr 2017

Heat Stress News and Research

Young children are more vulnerable to climate-related health risks, shows study

New formula quantifies serious hazards to young children left in hot cars

Exercise and hot baths are not dangerous during pregnancy, suggests study

Study sheds light on Salmonella death at low temperatures

Scientists make breakthrough by suppressing aflatoxin-producing fungus in groundnut

Study reveals advancement in preservation of certain type of medicines in adverse conditions

Extreme heat exposure may have adverse effects on pregnant women and their babies

Study findings provide insight into changes in thermal comfort

New research seeks to improve firefighters' physiological responses during emergency calls

Overheating in UK homes could lead to grave consequences, expert warns

Athletes’ anxiety over illness symptoms could increase injury risk

SBP scientists identify autophagy linked to beneficial effects of enduring temporary stress

Prolonged exposure to high temperature decreases blood flow and limits exercise capacity

New wearable, wireless sensor allows real-time tracking of individual's skin hydration

Prenatal cigarette smoke exposure and high temperatures linked to increased SIDS risk

New research reveals link between fluid volume and temperature during hard work in hot weather

Warmer weather linked to increase in traumatic injuries for agricultural workers

Study finds football players may suffer from heat-related illness during first two weeks of practice

Scientists fabricate smart second skin to protect soldiers from biological and chemical threats

Climate change may be key factor for increasing rates of chronic kidney disease

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