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Hypothermia

DC's new status quo: homeless families, children left in the cold

Jean-Michel Giraud | Posted 04.23.2013 | Impact
Read More: Friendship Place, Dc Council, Mayor Gray, Homelessness, Family Homelessness: DC's Growing Crisis, Ray Suarez, DC Budget Surplus, Dc-General, Homeless Shelters, Family Homelessness, Hypothermia, Washington DC, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place, Advocacy, Impact News
Jean-Michel Giraud

If you follow DC news, you are well aware of the recent buzz around the crisis facing homeless families in the District. While this issue needs to be ...

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Hot and Cold on Homelessness

Amanda Andere | Posted 10.21.2012 | DC
Read More: Dc Homeless, Dc Impact, Shelters, Substance Abuse, Dc Homelessness, Homelessness, Hypothermia, DC News
Amanda Andere

Summer's scorching days mean it's time to plan for the cold. Our Hypothermia Prevention and Response Program help the homeless in our community survive the winter weather.

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Alaska Toddler Locked In Frigid Bedroom Dies

AP | Posted 03.04.2012 | Crime
Read More: Alaska Toddler Dies Hypothermia, Video, Richard Tilden Jr, Crime, Alaska Toddler Freezes to Death, Esther G. Edwards-Gust, Richard Tilden Jr Charged Manslaughter, Alaska Girl Freezes to Death, Alaska Girl Dies Hypothermia, Hypothermia, Alaska Girl Locked in Frigid Bedroom Dies, Esther G. Edwards-Gust Charged Manslaiughter, Crime News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A 3-year-old girl from America's northernmost community died and her younger sister suffered hypothermia after their mother and t...

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Post50 Winter Health Risks: Don't Let The Cold Kill You!

Posted 12.14.2011 | Fifty
Read More: Winter Health Risks, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Blizzard, Snow Storm, Shoveling, Health Post50, Hypothermia, Flu, Shoveling-Snow-Health-Risks, Winter Health, Fifty News

On the heels of 2011's record-breaking summer heat wave that saw oppressive temperatures and stifling humidity grip cities as far-flung as Wichita, Ka...

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When Kids Are Left in Cars: Blame the Brain

Kent Greenfield | Posted 11.29.2011 | Parents
Read More: Boston, Child Neglect, Tragedy, Automobiles, Brain, Hypothermia, Brain Science, Children's Health, Parents, Children's Safety, Parents News
Kent Greenfield

I have never forgotten my child in the back of the car, or at school, or at a friend's house. But I understand how it could happen, and I bet most parents can, too.

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Would You Climb Everest In Shorts And Sandals? How An 'Iceman' Stays Warm

AOL Weird News | Posted 11.16.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Iceman, Dutch Iceman, Staying Warm, Meditation, Hypothermia, Anatomical Wonders, Ice, Mt. Everest, Weird Sports, Dutch, Inner Thermostat, Wim Hof, Video, Weird News News

Would you take an ice bath -- for over an hour? Would you run a half marathon -- in the Arctic Circle? Would you try climbing Mt. Everest -- wea...

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Man Jailed After Driving 35 Miles With Wife Clinging To Hood

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: San Joaquin County Jail, Minivan, Pleasanton, Hypothermia, Christopher Michael Carroll, Manteca, Los Angeles News

MANTECA, Calif. — The woman desperately gripped a windshield wiper blade, her body splayed across the hood of the minivan as it raced down a Norther...

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NYPD Helicopter Rescues Two Stranded West Point Cadets

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: West Point, Hypothermia, Nypd, Helicopter Rescue, West Point Cadets, Ny News, New York News

HIGHLAND FALLS, N.Y. -- In a daring nighttime run, amid conditions that left no room for error, a New York City police helicopter hoisted two shiverin...

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Polar Plunging at the North Pole

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Polar Swim, Adventure Travel, Quark Expeditions, North Pole, Cruises, Jim Clash, Novaya Zemlaya, Franz Josef Land, Frederick Cook, Robert Peary, Icebreaker, Russia, Hypothermia, Travel News
James M. Clash

In August, 100 adventure tourists and I boarded a Quark Expeditions icebreaker for the two-week cruise to the North Pole.

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Surfer Dude Health Hazards -- Just When You Thought It Was Safe To...

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Skin, Ears, Surfers, Southern California, Health, Injuries, Surfing, Safety, Recreational Sports, Hypothermia, Oceans, Bacteria, Illness, Conditions, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

The waves are likely to get a lot more populated in the coming weeks, and moments of exuberance and bliss along the coastline can be ruined by heath hazard.

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Mind Over Muscle: What Really Happened to those NFL Players Lost at Sea?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Nick Schuyler, Rescue, Stockdale Paradox, Optimism, Survival, Corey Smith, Oakland Raiders, Detroit Lions, Hypothermia, Coast Guard, Survivors Club, Marquis Cooper, Healthy Living News
Ben Sherwood

How did one man -- not a pro football player -- survive this ordeal while the other three perished? Was it a miracle? Or was it a wrenching case-study of the laws of survival in extreme situations?

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How Do I Survive a Winter Storm? -- 5 Myths Debunked

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Winter Storm, Snow, Professor Popsicle, Hypothermia, Cold, Survival, How to Survive a Winter Storm, Cold Weather, Snow Storms, The Survivors Club, Catch a Cold, Alcohol, Sugar, Green News
Ben Sherwood

Some 95 percent of those who perish in cold water aren't actually hypothermic. The cold doesn't kill them -- it's the terror, which leads to drowning and heart attacks.

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Torture: A modest proposal

Mark Kleiman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Stress Positions, Terrorism, John Yoo, Guantanamo, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Hypothermia, David Addington, Commander-in Chief, Dick Cheney, Inherent Powers, John Ashcroft, Bagram, Waterboarding, Alberto Gonzales, Torture, Politics News
Mark Kleiman

While the Bush administration has no doubt made errors in the course of its valiant attempts to protect us all, in one respect it has displayed admirable creativity, from which the Obama administration could benefit.

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Delirious Bears Fan Rescued After Hours In Cold

STNG/CBS 2 | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Cold Bears Fan, Hypothermia, Bears Fans, Chicago Weather, Bears, Jozef Kowalkowski, Chicago News

A Chicago Police officer is being credited with saving the life of a man who was found early Tuesday gloveless and in a near delirious state possibly ...

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