A cost-of-illness and willingness-to-pay approach was used to account for associated costs.Between 2015 and 2019, the economic impact of selected health effects of heat waves amounts to €25.5 billion, mainly in mortality (€23.2billion), minor restricted activity days (€2.3billion), and ...
The adverse health effects of heatwaves are largely preventable. Prevention requires a range of actions at different levels: from health system preparedness coordinated with meteorological early warning systems to timely public and medical advice and improvements to housing and urban planning. These ...
The aim of this narrative review is to bring together evidence from epidemiological studies and health impact assessments to provide an overview of what is known about current and projected effects of heat on population level health in the UK. We review only those impacts directly related to incre...
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There is still a lot we don't understand about the complex interplay andfeedback loopsbetween climate change and mental health—especially the effects of heatwaves. But what we do know is that we are playing a dangerous game with ourselves and the planet. Heatwaves, and the effects they hav...
Now that you’ve learned how extreme heat waves can be fatal, it’s time to learn how to take proactive measures to protect yourself from the potentially deadly effects of excessive heat. The most important thing you need to do is to stay hydrated no matter the cost while avoiding alcohol...
Nonlinear exposure-response associations of daytime, nighttime, and day-night compound heatwaves with mortality amid climate change The authors use data from 28 East Asian cities to explore the shape of curves for associations between heatwaves and mortality. Compound heatwaves showed nearly linear mor...
Further studies on a global scale are required to explore the impact of heatwaves on child health, the development of effective heatwave mitigation (10) and strategies to ensure communities can become climate resilient. To improve child safety, both the global medical society and the general ...
Future scenarios of climate change state that heat waves will become more intense and frequent. Due to this, the implementation of prevention plans to reduce the health effects of heat waves are indispensable in public health policy.doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_19Aurelio Tobias...
According to the center, the country is set to see the return of scorching heatwaves for the rest of this month and August in regions including north China and southwest China. An electrical engineer works on an overhead power line in Chaoyang City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, June...