Despite progress in prevention, recognition and treatment, exertional heat stroke (EHS) persists across multiple levels of sport and physical activity, and society remains burdened with preventable ...

Exertional heat stroke (EHS) means an elevated body core temperature above 40°C with central nervous system (CNS) dysfunction that occurs during physical activity. EHS and its progression to ...

And that became my guiding light through the next several years." 2024 honoree: Philanthropist Wendy H. Steele is Florida’s ...

There are two types of heat stroke: exertional heat stroke comes on quickly as a result of strenuous activity and classic heat stroke comes on more slowly from passive exposure to extreme ...

A preclinical study reveals that a single episode of exertional heat stroke can lead to chronic health disorders, including obesity, cardiac hypertrophy, liver steatosis, and metabolic ...

Steele is Florida’s honoree for USA TODAY’s Women of the Year Martin-Giordano became a tireless advocate for exertional heat stroke prevention and treatment in Florida. At the time of Zach’s ...

The junior was suffering from exertional heat stroke, the same thing that took the life of former NFL player Korey Stringer in 2001. Stringer was never aggressively cooled. His temperature was 108 ...

Heat stroke, dehydration, excessive physical exertion and related conditions were often cited by medical examiners as causing or contributing to the deaths. Most of the recruits who died were ...