heatstroke at Her Active Life

Lead Stories: March 12, 2010

Dr. Mirkin: Fatigue or heatstroke? Know when to stop exercising

Posted June 28, 2007 at 01:00 PM by Bridget Sullivan

Section: Her Fitness, Her Health, Her Nutrition, Her News

After you have played a long tennis match on a hot summer day, you feel weaker and less accurate with your shots. The fatigue, muscle weakness, tired aching feeling and decreased coordination that you get in any sport lasting several hours is caused…

Keep reading

Week in Review

Posted May 28, 2007 at 10:34 AM by Bridget Sullivan

Section: Her Fitness, Her Health, Her Nutrition, Her Story, Her News, Special Features

Just in case you missed them, some of last week’s popular headlines:

1) Milk campaign makes unsupported statements about dairy’s role in weight loss 2)

Keep reading

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…

Keep reading