Studies have found that the greatest risk of heat illness occurs in the first two weeks of team practices, while players’ bodies are still getting used to the physical exertion and the heat.

Several heat-related illnesses pose life-threatening risks amid extreme heat in Michigan. Here's what to know.

One of the biggest risk factors for developing dangerous exertional heat illnesses is your physical fitness level. That’s because how fit you are affects your heart rate and breathing, ...

ST. LUKE'S MAGIC VALLEY: Despite great progress educating athletes and coaches, deaths related to exertional heat stroke appear to be on the rise.

Objective: To review the different methods of reducing body core temperature in patients with exertional heatstroke. Methods: The search strategy included articles from 1966 to July 2003 using the ...

Exertional heat illness (EHI): A spectrum of heat-induced conditions arising from intense physical activity, where the body’s heat production overwhelms its thermoregulatory capacity.

Heat Stroke is a common problem that can fit into both Exertional and Non-exertional Heat Illness and is defined as an increase in core body temperature (usually at or higher than 105 ° F) that ...

When identifying exertional heat illness, skin temperature is a key factor, which most modern commercial sensors do not measure, according to Buller.

Sports in extreme heat: Warning signs of heat illness and how high school athletes can safely prepare for the start of team practices. Getty Images An athlete shoots a goal while practicing outside.

High school sports teams start practices soon in what has been an extremely hot summer in much of the country.

For high school athletes, the greatest risk of heat illness occurs in the first two weeks of team practices, when their bodies are still getting used to the physical exertion and the heat. Being ...