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Athletes and spectators should heed lightning warnings

Posted August 17, 2007 at 01:00 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Her Fitness, Athletics, Her Health, Injury & Rehab

People who are killed by lightning are often spectators or participants in sporting events. In the United States each year, lightning kills more than 70 people and injures more than 300 people, often permanently.

Lightning strikes without warning, so sponsors…

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Know the warning signs of heatstroke

Posted May 25, 2007 at 12:30 PM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: Her Health

Heatstroke is a sudden uncontrolled rise in body temperature that affects the brain so that it can’t function properly.  It should never happen to you because you get plenty of warning. 

First your muscles are affected, then your circulation and then…

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