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During pregnancy, the body’s capacity to regulate temperature changes. Here’s how to cool down and the overheating red flags to watch out for.
Looking after a baby during extreme heat events takes a little planning and a lot of patience. Here are some practical steps you can take.
Keeping warm in winter and cool in summer is down to more than the length of your hair.
If you think your medicine may be contributing to overheating, it’s very important you keep taking your medicine. Discuss your symptoms with your pharmacist or doctor.
Extreme heat kills more Australians than any other natural hazard. Here’s why it’s important to keep an eye on older family and friends this summer.
With an increasing number of people living with dementia worldwide and in Canada, it’s crucial to find ways to promote community awareness and prevent people with dementia from getting lost.
No, you’re not imagining it. You can pee more in winter. Mostly, there’s nothing to worry about. But it could be a sign of hypothermia.
On a hot and humid day, the fan is your friend. But ice cream won’t make the difference you think it will.
Heat stroke is a danger in extreme temperatures, but a major risk factor for dying during a heat wave is cardiovascular disease and other pre-existing health conditions.
When the weather outside is very hot, it can make us feel really unhappy. Here’s why.
The cetacean brain has a specialised thermogenic system that helps the animal’s brain to produce enough heat to maintain a functional brain temperature.
Sweating is usually our body’s way of stopping us from overheating. But if excess sweating is a problem for you, there’s help.
Some people swear by cold showers to cope with a long, hot summer. Here’s why they’d be better off taking a warm one.
Mammals’ ancestors had a third eye and the fossil record of its disappearance tells us the story of the evolution of one of our most important features: warm blood.
Researchers are finding new ways to keep them cool.
An electric fan cools you down in extreme heat, but not if you’re old.
Our success as a species is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration.
If you work in an office, chances are you or the person sitting next to you has grumbled about it being too hot or cold.
Fever indicates a problem, but is there anything wrong with feeling excessively cold rather than actually being cold?
Principales colaboradores
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Senior Teaching Fellow, Medical Program, Bond University
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Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University
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Professor and Head of School, Anatomy Physiology and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia
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Honorary Professorial Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Heat & Health; Director of Heat & Health Research Incubator; Director of Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, University of Sydney
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Professor, School of Physiology; Director, Brain Function Research Group, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Comparative and Evolutionary Neurobiology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Physiology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Physiology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Researcher in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Human Anatomy, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Environmental Humanities, University of Kent
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Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Sport Engineering, Nottingham Trent University
