Heat Stroke

Research Notes on Heat Stroke

5 Great Resources on Heat Stroke

• Medicine Net: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, shares information on heat stroke.
• American Red Cross: Heat Related Illness
• University of Maryland Medical Center: Dehydration and Heat Stroke
• About.com: Heat Stroke
• Health World: First Aid for Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke

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What is Heat Stroke?

• InteliHealth: What is Heat Stroke?
• About.com: What is Heat Stroke?
• LiveScience: What is Heat Stroke?
• DrGreene: What is Heat Stroke?
• Coaches Corner: Prepare Yourself for Heat Emergency

What Are The Symptoms of Heat Stroke?

• American Red Cross: Stages of Heat-Related Illness
• WebMD: Understanding Heat-Related Illness - Symptoms
• Everyday Health: Symptoms – Heat Stroke
• Palo Alto Medical Foundation: Heat Stroke Symptoms

What Are The Causes and Complications of Heat Stroke?

• How Stuff Works: What Causes Heat Stroke?
• Health Scout: Causes and Risk Factors of Hyperthermia
• Mayo Clinic: Heat Stroke: Causes
• C-Health: Causes of Heat Stroke
• HealthLink: Heat Related Illnesses Can Quickly Become Serious

What Are The Treatments and Medications for Heat Stroke?

• Kids Health: Heat Exhaustion and Heatstroke Instruction Sheet
• eMedicine Health: Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke Treatment
• WebMD: Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke Treatment
• About.com: Heat Stroke Treatment
• Survive Outdoors: Heat Stroke Treatment
• Mayo Clinic: Heat Stroke: Treatment
• Moms Team: Dehydration Treatment

What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Heat Stroke?

• Homeopathy Clinic: Heat Stroke & Exhaustion
• A.D.A.M: Treatment Options
• Yahoo! Health: Beat the Heat

What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Heat Stroke?

• Centers for Disease Control: Heat Stress in the Elderly
• National Institute on Aging: Hyperthermia: Too Hot for Your Health
• Body and Health Canada: Heat Stroke: Condition Fact Sheet
• Misting Health Benefits: Types of Heat Stroke
• The Doctor Will See You Now: Watch Out for Heat Stroke

How Do You Prevent Heat Stroke?

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Extreme Heat: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety
• Medline Plus: Heat Emergencies: Prevention
• Better Health Channel: Heat Stress: Preventing Heat Stroke
• Tail Gate Safety: Preventing Heat Stress

Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Heat Stroke

• Word Press: Heat Stroke Blog
• Idaho State Journal: How to Avoid Heat Stroke
• Chatanooga Times Free Press: Still Fighting Off Heat Stroke
• Suite 101: Runner's Guide to Heat Stroke
• MedicineNet: Audio Podcast: Surviving Heat Stroke

Foundations and Support Groups on Heat Stroke

• Kendrick Fincher Memorial Foundation: Promoting Hydration and Prevention of Heat Illness
• American Red Cross: Heat Related Illness

Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Heat Stroke

• Firehouse Forums: Food for Thought: Heat Stroke
• ThumperTalk: Heat Stroke
• Health Boards: Heat Stroke
• eHealth Forum: Heat Stroke

Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Heat Stroke

• Environmental Protection Agency: Excessive Heat Events Guidebook
• eMedicine: Heatstroke
• American Family Physician: Management of Heatstroke and Heat Exhaustion
• New England Journal of Medicine: Heat Stroke
• U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine: Heat Stroke
• Critical Care: Treatment of Heat Stroke: Should Dantrolene Be Considered?

Clinical Trials on Heat Stroke

• Clinical Trials: Cisplatin, Metronomic Low-Dose Interferon Alfa, Gemcitabine, and Fever-Range Whole-Body Hyperthermia in Treating Patients With Inoperable or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
• University of Chicago Medical Center: Classic Heat Stroke During Chicago 1995 Heat Wave
• Journal of Clinical Investigation: Heat Stroke: Clinical And Chemical Observations on 44 Cases

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