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Young Athletes at Risk of Heat Injury
Sports medicine experts issue hot-weather guidelines for coaches

Cars Are No Place for Kids to Be Alone
Heat stroke just one of many dangers for children in unattended vehicles, experts warn

Health Tip: Who’s at Risk for Heat Illness?
The young, old and chronically sick

Health Tip: Some Medications Can Help Trigger Heat-Related Illness
Here's a list

Toxic Poinsettias? Hangover Cures? It May Be All Fiction
Researchers debunk common holiday and wintertime health myths

Nature’s Fury Makes South Most Dangerous Area in U.S.
But new 'death map' shows that no region is truly safe from extreme heat, weather

More Than Temperature Puts Elderly at Risk in Heat
Medications, lifestyle are also contributing factors to hyperthermia, agency warns

Varicose, Spider Veins May Be Inevitable for Some
It may seem just cosmetic, but condition can lead to more serious problems, doctor warns

Cool Air Blown Under Pads May Protect Footballers From Illness
Reduced core body temperatures could limit deaths from heat stroke, study says

Heat Exposure a Dangerous Summer Threat
The poor, the elderly and people without health insurance especially vulnerable, study says