Sweaty and ferocious – welcome to the world of hot yoga.
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Sweating it out can be beneficial for maintaining fitness and good mental health, but it’s not right for everyone.
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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.
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Fresh sweat doesn’t have a smell. It’s the bacteria that feast on sweat that cause the bad smell.
Staying hydrated is part of staying safe during summer workouts.
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The first two weeks of preseason training are the toughest as players’ bodies acclimatize to running hard in the heat. An exercise scientist explains the risks.
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It all comes down to an oily secretion from special glands beneath our skin, which are very prevalent under the armpits, and more active at certain times.
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Toe jam was mentioned in a song by The Beatles. Maybe they knew a thing or two about foot hygiene.
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On a hot and humid day, the fan is your friend. But ice cream won’t make the difference you think it will.
Sweat contains information on the condition of our bodies.
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Sensors that measure sweat could be coming to the market soon, but for them to be useful, we’ll need to understand more about this fluid that our body produces.
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Here are some practical tips to keep you comfortable while helping you stay safe.
A Salvation Army emergency vehicle is set up as a cooling station during a heatwave in Calgary, Alta. on June 30.
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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.
Record-breaking triple-digit heat in Olympia, Wash., on June 28, 2021.
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Which is worse, dry heat or wet heat? Both, says an exercise physiologist.
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If you’re itching to get back to the gym when it re-opens, here’s what you can do to protect yourself and others from COVID-19.
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Sweating is usually our body’s way of stopping us from overheating. But if excess sweating is a problem for you, there’s help.
Prince Andrew during the recent BBC interview.
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In his recent interview, Prince Andrew claimed that he had stopped sweating. Here’s what the research says about how and why our bodies do it.
Sweat keeps the human body cool, but why does it stink?
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What is the smell of sweat? An artist recreates the pungent body odor as an art installation.
Exercising in hot weather adds stress to the body and comes with risk of heat exhaustion.
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You can stay fit during soaring summer temperatures — if you follow some simple precautions.
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For the roughly 3% of people who have this condition, sweating can be almost constant.
When we get hot, sensors in the body tell the brain. The brain then tells the sweat glands to work, and we sweat.
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Sweat comes from special parts in our skin called glands. You might be able to see them if you have a very strong magnifying glass.
Tennis Australia recommends suspending play when the “wet bulb globe temperature”, which accounts for sun, air temperature and humidity, exceeds 34°C.
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It seems obvious that a game should be suspended if it’s too hot to play, but it’s not as easy as implementing a maximum temperature.
Sweat creates evaporative cooling for your body, with the amount required determined by your size and shape, not your gender.
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They say ‘men sweat, while women glow’. But new research shows gender is not the reason for different levels of sweating.