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Chronic Kidney Disease Is Poised To Become The Black Lung of Climate Change
It’s official. July was the world’s hottest month on record, scientists from the European climate monitoring agency confirmed on Aug. 8, a full 1.5°C (2.7°F) warmer than pre-industrial averages, offering a potent taste of what is to come in a world made hotter by climate change. The wildfires and heat waves that wreathed much of the northern hemisphere in smoke this summer? Expect more of the same. The surge in deaths and hospitalization from heat stress and stroke? Ditto. An increase in chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin? Yup. Wait, what? [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] O...
Source: TIME: Health - August 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

When It ’ s This Hot, What Should You Eat?
As temperatures continue to climb in what could become the northern hemisphere’s hottest summer on record, the summer of 2023 is all about finding any way to stay cool. And that includes turning to foods that will hopefully provide a little relief. While not a panacea for the heat, body-cooling foods and no-cook diets could help to lower body temperature and make record-breaking heat waves a little more bearable.. Living safely in consistently hot climates means staying hydrated, especially with chilled drinks or fruits. But there are other, more physiologically based—and even surprising—ways to make your...
Source: TIME: Health - July 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized climate change Diet & Nutrition healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

City Heat is Worse if You ’re Not Rich or White. The World’s First Heat Officer Wants to Change That
Jane Gilbert knows she doesn’t get the worst of the sticky heat and humidity that stifles Miami each summer. She lives in Morningside, a coastal suburb of historically preserved art deco and Mediterranean-style single-family homes. Abundant trees shade the streets and a bay breeze cools residents when they leave their air conditioned cars and homes. “I live in a place of privilege and it’s a beautiful area,” says Gilbert, 58, over Zoom in early June, shortly after beginning her job as the world’s first chief heat officer, in Miami Dade county. “But you don’t have to go far to see t...
Source: TIME: Science - July 7, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ciara Nugent Tags: Uncategorized climate change feature Londontime Source Type: news

Heat stroke-related deaths in India: An analysis of natural causes of deaths, associated with the regional heatwave
Publication date: Available online 3 December 2020Source: Journal of Thermal BiologyAuthor(s): Arvind Kumar, D.P. Singh
Source: Journal of Thermal Biology - December 4, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Comparative Analysis of Clinical and Biochemical Profile of Exertional Heat Related Illness Among Cadets in a Military Training Centre in South India: A Single Centre Experience.
Conclusion: Tachycardia, transaminitis and hyponatremia was widely observed in patients with heat related illness and these changes occur at higher rates in patients in heat stroke as compared to heat exhaustion. PMID: 32610843 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - July 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2734: Glyphosate ’s Synergistic Toxicity in Combination with Other Factors as a Cause of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2734: Glyphosate’s Synergistic Toxicity in Combination with Other Factors as a Cause of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16152734 Authors: Sarath Gunatilake Stephanie Seneff Laura Orlando Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) is a global epidemic. Sri Lanka has experienced a doubling of the disease every 4 or 5 years since it was first identified in the North Central province in the mid-1990s. The disease primarily affects people in agricultural regions who are missing the commonly k...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - July 30, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Sarath Gunatilake Stephanie Seneff Laura Orlando Tags: Review Source Type: research

Ambient Conditions Prior to Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Considerations for Acclimation or Acclimatization Strategies
This study was supported by ZonMw (Project: Thermo Tokyo: Beat the heat), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) (Project: Citius, Altius, Sanius), and Heatshield, under EU Horizon 2020 grant agreement No 668786. Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Acknowledgments The authors thank Dr. Tatsuro Amano (Niigata University, Japan) for his assistance with translating the Japanese Meteorological Agency website. Footnotes ^ https://rdrr.io/g...
Source: Frontiers in Physiology - April 23, 2019 Category: Physiology Source Type: research

Exertional Heat Stroke - Golden hour is the Key to Success: A Report from Peripheral Military Hospital of Northern India.
Authors: Patel A, Soneji D, Mulajker D, Patel M PMID: 30935193 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - April 4, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research

Methylenecyclopropyl glycine, not pesticide exposure as the primary etiological factor underlying Hypoglycemic Encephalopathy in Muzaffarpur, India.
Abstract Some districts of Bihar, especially Muzzaffarpur district, have been known to be affected by annual outbreak, called locally as Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) which became one of the major health concerns in Bihar, due to its high fatality and complications. Several hypotheses like bat virus, heat stroke, pesticide exposure and the presence of a compound - methylenecyclopropyl glycine (MCPG) in Litchi have been proposed by different investigators for AES. When the investigators examined the symptoms, signs and the epidemiological data, bat virus and heat stroke hypothesis were ruled out. Two major hypo...
Source: Toxicology Letters - October 30, 2018 Category: Toxicology Authors: Asthana S, Dixit S, Srivastava A, Kumar A, Singh SP, Tripathi A, Das M Tags: Toxicol Lett Source Type: research

Rhabdomyolysis of Unknown Etiology - Initial Suspicion and Detection on 99mTc-MDP Skeletal Scintigraphy.
Authors: Kumar NS, Basu S Abstract The classical bone scan findings of Rhabdomyolysis is presented in this illustration. A 60 year old female patient with complaints of low backache and bilateral lower limbs weakness over 1 year was referred for whole body skeletal status evaluation. Whole body skeletal scintigraphy undertaken 3 hrs after I.V injection of 15 mci of 99mTc-MDP revealed bilaterally symmetrical diffuse skeletal muscle tracer activity in deltoid, lattisimus dorsi, diaphragm, paraspinal muscles, gluteus muscles and muscles of thigh. On biochemical investigations for evaluation of skeletal muscle uptake r...
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - October 22, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research

Magnetic resonance imaging findings in heat stroke-related encephalopathy
Ravi K Jakkani, Vijay K Agarwal, Suryanarayana Anasuri, Sriharish Vankayalapati, Rahul Koduri, Sandeep SatyanarayanNeurology India 2017 65(5):1146-1148
Source: Neurology India - September 6, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Ravi K Jakkani Vijay K Agarwal Suryanarayana Anasuri Sriharish Vankayalapati Rahul Koduri Sandeep Satyanarayan Source Type: research

Clinical and Biochemical Characteristics of Exertional Heat Stroke among Paratroopers in Agra, India.
CONCLUSIONS: Timely diagnosis, prompt intervention in form of effective cooling measures to reduce the temperature to acceptable levels within 30 mins, volume resuscitation, judicious use of ionotropes after adequate volume replacement and effective supportive care resulted in a favourable outcome. PMID: 28457033 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - May 2, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research