Hot Temperature

In England, the risk for hospitalization for asthma in the summer was heightened when temperatures rose, according to results published in Thorax.

Nonoptimal temperatures may be responsible for an increase in global CVD deaths and disability-adjusted life-years, according to data published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Maternal and newborn exposures to long-term hot and cold temperatures are linked to worse lung capacity in babies, specifically in girls, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

A multinational data set across climate zones suggests an association between extreme hot and cold temperatures and CV cause-specific mortality, with the largest excess deaths associated with HF, researchers reported.

Researchers have reported a link between increased incidence of appendicitis and warmer weather, independent of other environmental and behavioral factors, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Every 5°C increase in daily mean temperature correlated with a 6% increase in hospitalization due to diabetes in Brazil between 2000 and 2015.

Using fans may be harmful in heat waves with very hot and dry conditions but helpful in hot and humid conditions, according to a research report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.