http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Extreme temperatures during heat waves and cold spells may increase the risk of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) death, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-extreme-temperatures-premature-cardiovascular-death.html Cardiology Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:35:13 EST news267204900 New research from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) suggests that seemingly small changes in summer temperature swings—as little as 1°C more than usual—may shorten life expectancy for elderly people with chronic medical conditions, and could result in thousands of additional deaths each year. While previous studies have focused on the short-term effects of heat waves, this is the first study to examine the longer-term effects of climate change on life expectancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-summer-day-to-day-temperature-variations-mortality.html Health Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:00:07 EST news253186902 Health costs exceeding $14 billion dollars, 21,000 emergency room visits, nearly 1,700 deaths, and 9,000 hospitalizations are among the staggering impacts of six climate change-related events in the United States during the last decade, according to a first-of-its-kind study published in November 2011 edition of the journal Health Affairs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-groundbreaking-quantifies-health-climate-change-disasters.html Health Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:23:04 EST news240077486 Social media tools like Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare may be an important key to improving the public health system's ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters, according to a New England Journal of Medicine "Perspective" article from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania to be published this week. From earthquakes to oil spills or other industrial accidents to weather-related events like heat waves and flooding, the authors suggest that harnessing crowd-sourcing technologies and electronic communications tools will set the stage to handle emergencies in a quicker, more coordinated, effective way. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-social-media-poised-disaster-preparedness.html Health Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:10:01 EST news231001371 The moment you step into oppressive heat, the body senses life-threatening danger and starts fighting to keep things cool. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-extreme-affects-body.html Health Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:00:02 EST news230556561 The Tristate has experienced a stint of heat waves this summer which have not only included high temperatures but also high humidity that has made the air feel like a perpetual sauna. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-hot-humid-weather-affect-asthma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:33:27 EST news230445157