Hospitals across the country are reporting a surge in cold-related injuries — from slip-and-fall fractures to cardiac events ...
Frostbite can damage exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes and cause lifelong, permanent damage to your body. How to recognize its signs.
“Extremely cold temperatures and wind chills continue today into Saturday morning while lake effect snow continues over the NW wind snowbelts,” the National Weather Service team in Marquette said ...
Frostbite often sneaks up on you. Your skin loses sensitivity to cold temperatures before you detect any strange sensations.
As frigid winter temperatures roll over the Upper Midwest Friday through Monday, Dr. Amery Robinson, an emergency physician ...
Freezing temperatures driven even lower by the wind increase the risk of hypothermia and frostbite. Know the symptoms.
With temperatures below freezing in the mornings, any amount of wind can push exposed skin past its limits for cold exposure and frostbite, said Dr. Megan Cobb, an emergency pediatrician.
Here are some some dangers posed by the cold temperatures, including frostnip, frostbite and hypothermia. Frostnip is a mild ...
As temperatures plunge during the winter months, health experts are reminding the public to take frostbite seriously—a ...
Symptoms include changes to the skin, including blisters, persistent redness, numbness, burning, and itching, which are all ...
The investigative minds at How to Survive examine early frostbite symptoms, body temperature management, and survival ...