ORLANDO -- Heat-related emergency department (ED) visits soared over the last 12 years, a retrospective study at two large Texas-based children's hospitals showed. As a proportion of total ED ...

The most ER visits happened ... (also known as heat-related illness) is an umbrella term used to describe several conditions that can happen to your body when temperatures rise.

Heat cramps, painful muscle cramps and spasms, usually in the legs and abdomen, may also be a symptom of heat exhaustion.

In effect, the proportion of E.R. visits for mental health-related issues rose sharply, from 7.7% to 13.1%. The increase in suicide-related issues was the most pronounced, increasing to 4.2% of all ...

Strikingly, the rise in cannabis-related ER visits in New York was even more drastic when compared to pre-legalization years, with the visits spiking 131% from 2019 to 2023. That upward trend ...

Strikingly, the rise in cannabis-related ER visits in New York was even more drastic when compared to pre-legalization years, with the visits spiking 131% from 2019 to 2023. That upward trend ...

Arizona’s 2023 heat season was the deadliest on record, and rural counties like La Paz and Mohave bore a disproportionate ...

The Maryland Occupational Safety and Health division of the Department of Labor finalized new heat illness prevention ...

A new study documents a sharp rise ... ER trips appears to be edibles like weed brownies and cookies. Despite their meager sales, edibles represented a far higher proportion of weed-related ER ...