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July 25, 2022

Video: Exertional heat stroke

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What happens when the human body gets too hot? And what can you do if someone gets too hot?

Douglas Casa, professor of kinesiology and chief executive officer of UConn's Korey Stringer Institute—a leading authority on research, advocacy, and education about exertional heat stroke—explains in this edition of Science in Seconds.

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