Show 1348: How Heat Challenges Human Health

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

It’s way too hot, not just in the United States, but in other parts of the world as well. The temperature in Rome this week was 107 degrees Fahrenheit. It is anticipated that the islands of Sicily and Sardinia could reach as high as 118. Temperatures were also dangerously high in Athens, leading authorities there […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyden.
0:02.0	And I'm Terry Grady.
0:03.0	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.0	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's pharmacy.com.
0:15.0	Global temperatures have broken records this month.
0:18.0	Is the human body capable of withstanding such heat challenges?
0:22.0	This is the people's pharmacy with terror. of with
0:24.2	Terry and Joe Grady.
0:27.0	Drayden. Dr.
0:28.0	Dr. Dr. Kari Nadeau is the interim director of Sea Change, the Center for Climate Health and the
0:40.4	Global Environment in the TH Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University.
0:45.0	She'll tell us how heat affects the human body.
0:48.0	What's the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke and why does it matter?
0:55.0	We'll also talk with a male clinic pharmacist about the effects of medications on our ability
0:59.7	to handle heat.
1:01.2	Coming up on the people's pharmacy, how heat challenges human health and
1:05.4	what we can do about it.
1:11.4	In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, Americans are getting mixed messages about the state of COVID-19 infections.
1:22.8	On the one hand, we've been told that the pandemic is over and we can let down our guard.
1:28.0	As evidence, some commentators point to the fact that we're no longer seeing excess deaths due to COVID in the U.S.
1:35.0	On the other hand, there are several troubling signs that we may not have seen the end of this epidemic.
1:42.0	Wastewater in some places contains evidence of SARS-Kovi-2 virus.
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