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Extreme hypersensitiveness to heat
Journal of Allergy, 1933Abstract A case of extreme hypersensitiveness to heat is described. The outstanding features were: (1) Exposure of the chest to heat from an ordinary forty-watt desk lamp at a distance of one and one-half feet for thirty seconds invariably produced an attack of asthma. (2) An ice bag invariably relieved attacks in three or four minutes or less.
Oscar Swineford, H. Weinberg
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Potential Impacts of Extreme Heat and Bushfires on Dementia
Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2021Australia often experiences natural disasters and extreme weather conditions such as: flooding, sandstorms, heatwaves, and bushfires (also known as wildfires or forest fires). The proportion of the Australian population aged 65 years and over is increasing, alongside the severity and frequency of extreme weather conditions and natural disasters ...
Farugia, Taya L. +2 more
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Climate Change and Extreme Heat Events
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2008The association between climate change and the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events is now well established. General circulation models of climate change predict that heatwaves will become more frequent and intense, especially in the higher latitudes, affecting large metropolitan areas that are not well adapted to them.
George, Luber, Michael, McGeehin
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Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing
With 2024 as the hottest year on record and 2025 also a scorcher, the effects of extreme heat are felt by all of us but particularly those at higher risk, including pregnant women. Evidence on the consequences of extreme heat on maternal health and birth outcomes and the disproportionate burden of heat on communities of color and low-resourced ...
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With 2024 as the hottest year on record and 2025 also a scorcher, the effects of extreme heat are felt by all of us but particularly those at higher risk, including pregnant women. Evidence on the consequences of extreme heat on maternal health and birth outcomes and the disproportionate burden of heat on communities of color and low-resourced ...
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Forecasting the Extreme Heat for Chongqing in China
IEEE Transactions on Computational Social SystemsUnder global warming, Chongqing, China has seen rising frequencies of extreme heat, severely impacting residents’ lives, production, and the urban ecosystem. Accurately predicting future extreme heat year (hereinafter referred to as extreme heat) is crucial for ecological protection, energy management, and infrastructure planning.
Bo Zeng +7 more
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EXTREME HEAT WAVES AND EXTREME SUMMER SEASONS IN EUROPEAN RUSSIA
Meteorologiya i GidrologiyaIn the study, the large-scale heat waves manifested in one or more latitudinal zones of European Russia: south of 50° N, within 50°-60° N, and north of 60° N are considered. For each zone, the changes in the total seasonal duration of heat waves since the beginning of the 20th century and associated changes in the average seasonal temperature in the ...
M. Yu. Bardin +2 more
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