What extreme heat does to your brain
What extreme heat does to your brain
- June 11, 2024
- Jun Wu, public health and CPIP, Verywell Health, June 11, 2024
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Extreme heat is ravaging parts of the United States and around the globe. High temperatures are not only putting communities at risk of heat-related illnesses, but they can also impair brain function. … Jun Wu, PhD, a professor of environmental and occupational health at the University of California, Irvine, said that cooling shelters are extremely limited in availability, and not everyone can get easy access to them. “Also, the locations are not distributed in the population where they need the cooling centers the most,” Wu told Verywell.
For the full story, please visit https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-extreme-heat-does-to-your-brain-8660428.
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