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Cold Weather, Thunderstorms Can Trigger Asthma Attacks. For people with asthma, a variety of triggers can result in inflamed airways, provoking an asthma attack. It turns out weather is one of ...
The effects of climate change on human health are increasingly well studied and quantified. [1] [2] Rising temperatures and changes in weather patterns are increasing the severity of heat waves, extreme weather and other causes of illness, injury or death. Heat waves and extreme weather events have a big impact on health both directly and ...
Excess fattening foods, alcohol, stress, and other unhealthy things can harm your heart and blood vessels. As a result, the number of heart attacks and strokes during the winter rises dramatically ...
Another idea: Changes in barometric pressure may make your tendons, muscles, and any scar tissue expand and contract, and that can create pain in joints affected by arthritis. Low temperatures can ...
There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence about the relationship between arthritis symptoms and weather. Most people who believe their arthritis pain is affected by weather say they feel more pain in ...
If the air temperature reads 85˚F (29˚C), with 80 percent humidity, it will actually feel like 97˚F (36˚C). High environmental temperatures can be dangerous to your body. In the range of 90 ...
Eat vitamin-rich foods. A 2019 study shows the importance of vitamin E and vitamin C in skin health, especially in protecting against UV radiation. Exposure to UV radiation depletes vitamin E and ...
Stay indoors, and shut your doors and windows. If there is a smog alert, a natural disaster like wildfires nearby, or if you live close to a factory or highways, stop bad-quality air from getting ...