Avoiding the cold is something most of us try to do, but winter brings prolonged stretches of low temperatures that are difficult to escape. Bundling up, limiting time outdoors and planning ahead for ...

Freaking out – or at least concerned – about the major winter storm headed across much of the United States this weekend? We're right there with you. We're shivering even just typing this. Avoiding ...

New York City paramedics now have a new weapon in their fight to save lives: Cold. Inducing hypothermia in cardiac arrest victims can prevent death, experts have found -- and city paramedics will now ...

In response to cold, the hypothalamus increases heat conservation by reducing blood flow to peripheral tissues through sympathetically-mediated vasoconstriction. The hypothalamus also stimulates heat ...

(PHILADELPHIA) – A brain-preserving cooling treatment called therapeutic hypothermia is a cost-effective way to improve outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, which claims the lives of more ...

Injured man on a hospital gurney being brought to the emergency room by a group of medical personnel and spouse. The neuroprotective effects of hypothermia, and the treatments currently available for ...