Medications
How does heat affect medications?
You know by now that high temps and humidity can affect your mood, your child's behavior, your pet's well-being and even your favorite zoo animal's appetite.
Aug 4, 2022
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News tagged with temperature variations
Neuroscience
Bionic prosthetics research: Amputees have thermal sense in missing limbs
"When I touch the stump with my hand, I feel tingling in my missing hand, my phantom hand. But feeling the temperature variation is a different thing, something important... something beautiful," says Francesca Rossi.
May 18, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Climate similar in cities with biggest outbreaks of COVID-19
(HealthDay)—Cities that have experienced significant outbreaks of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) have similar winter climates, according to a study published online March 9 on the open-data site SSRN.
Mar 17, 2020
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Cardiology
Could sunshine lower blood pressure? Study offers enlightenment
Exposure to sunshine is linked to lower blood pressure, says a new study that included hundreds of thousands of patients at dialysis clinics across the United States. But don't use this news as an excuse to book a beach vacation ...
Feb 28, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tuberculosis spread 'depends on moisture in the air'
Climatic factors such as dew point temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric temperature that affect water droplet formation are crucial for the survival and spread of tuberculosis (TB), an airborne infectious disease, ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Temperature changes affect poor more than rich
People who live in poorer cities have a higher risk of being hospitalised if temperatures change quickly through the course of a day or over a short period, according to a study undertaken in Brazil.
Dec 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The cold truth about migraine headaches
(HealthDay)—Early humans' ability to adapt to cold climates may have been helped by a genetic variant that's common in modern people who live in colder regions—and is linked with migraine headaches, researchers say.
May 3, 2018
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Ophthalmology
Team develops contact lenses that respond to UV and temperature changes
The global rise in ocular diseases, largely due to insufficient ophthalmic diagnostics and monitoring, has emphasized the need for better treatment methods. Pioneering developments in therapeutic and diagnostic contact lenses ...
Nov 28, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New approach alters malaria maps
Identifying areas of malarial infection risk depends more on daily temperature variation than on the average monthly temperatures, according to a team of researchers, who believe that their results may also apply to environmentally ...
Feb 19, 2013
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