Heat illness can lead to death and injury among athletes, and a new report examines why the risk could be rising
About this time every year, there are news reports about student athletes who collapse during practice while getting ready for a big game. .
Depending where you live, an electric fan may not cool you down and could actually hurt youThe report from Climate Central, a nonprofit science and news organization, analyzed 239 locations in the United States. It found that 198 cities have experienced an increase in the annual number of days with a heat index temperature of reaching over 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher over the last four decades. The past four years have been the warmest in the United States since record keeping began in 1895.
Since 1995, 64 football players alone have died from heat stroke and 90% of them died during practice, an earlier study showed. The rate of football heat stroke deaths fell in recent years, a decline researchers said supported continued efforts to train coaches, players and others about practicing in heat and hydrating properly.
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