Researchers believe there's an upper limit to the temperature the human body can withstand — but many people could face deadly health problems before reaching that threshold.

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The threshold for survival in heat is lower than thought — researchers are using state-of-the-art climate chambers to explore when blistering conditions threaten life. In 2019, physiologist Ollie Jay ...

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine recently joined a nationwide NIH-funded initiative to create the first ...

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