News articles tagged with 'cold'
Zinc reduces the burden of the common cold
— 16 Feb 2011 04:23 | HealthZinc supplements reduce the severity and duration of illness caused by the common cold, according to a systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. The findings could help reduce…
Rising indoor winter temperatures linked to obesity?
— 25 Jan 2011 19:59 | HealthIncreases in winter indoor temperatures in the United Kingdom, United States and other developed countries may be contributing to rises in obesity in those populations, according to…
Physical fitness curbs frequency and severity of colds
— 2 Nov 2010 14:36 | HealthPeople who are physically fit and active have fewer and milder colds, indicates research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine…
Stunning NASA infrared imagery of Hurricane Igor reveals a 170 degree temperature difference
— 15 Sep 2010 11:45 | EnvironmentNASA satellites provide infrared images to forecasters that show temperature, and today's imagery of powerful Hurricane Igor showed the storm's perfect form and the warm ocean waters…
Frosty times for dinosaurs
— 15 Sep 2010 11:15 | Geology and palaeontologyA major drop in temperature 137 million years ago briefly interrupted the warm, equable climate of the Cretaceous Period. The water temperature in the Arctic Ocean fell from around…
The reindeer and the mammoth already lived on the Iberian Peninsula 150,000 years ago
— 8 Sep 2010 12:39 | Geology and palaeontologyA team made up of members of the University of Oviedo (UO) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have gathered together all findings of the woolly mammoth, the woolly rhinoceros…
Goodbye to cold nights
— 1 Sep 2010 10:17 | EnvironmentGiven the impact of climatic extremes on agriculture and health in Spain, researchers at the University of Salamanca (USAL) have analysed the two factors most representative of these…
Colder days raise the risk of more heart attacks
— 11 Aug 2010 09:18 | HealthA drop in the average temperature outside is linked to a higher risk of people having heart attacks, according to a new study published on bmj.com today…
When do newborns first feel cold?
— 18 Jun 2010 14:52 | HealthCold sensing neural circuits in newborn mice take around two weeks to become fully active, according to a new study…
Killed by cold: Heart and stroke deaths peak in winter
— 27 May 2010 13:58 | HealthRates of cardiovascular disease increase dramatically in Australian winters because many people don't know how to rug up against the cold, a Queensland University of Technology seasonal…