New Findings What is the topic of this review? Exertional heat stroke epidemiology in sport
and military settings, along with common risk factors and strategies and policies designed to …

Health agencies worldwide have historically cautioned that electric fans accelerate body-
heat gain during hot weather and heatwaves (typically in air temperatures≥ 35° C) …

Climate change is elevating nighttime and daytime temperatures worldwide, affecting a
broad continuum of behavioral and health outcomes. Disturbed sleep is a plausible pathway …

Manual outdoor work is essential in many agricultural systems. Climate change will make
such work more stressful in many regions due to heat exposure. The physical work capacity …

Extreme heat is increasingly being acknowledged as a serious hazard to human health,
through a combination of physiological responses to heat, expressed as dry and wet bulb …

With the growing climate change crisis, public health agencies and practitioners must
increasingly develop guidance documents addressing the public health risks and protective …

Background Previous epidemiological evidence suggests that the impact of heat waves on
mortality may change over time within the summer season. The consideration of heat wave …

Background Climate change caused an increase in ambient temperature in the past
decades. Exposure to high ambient temperature could result in biological aging, but relevant …

Older adults are at elevated risk of heat-related mortality due to age-associated declines in
thermoregulatory and cardiovascular function. However, the inter-individual factors that …

Heatstroke is a serious health concern in Japan. To reduce heatstroke risk, the government
of Japan implemented the “Heatstroke Alert” nationwide in 2021, employing the wet bulb …