Mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019

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adamddev1•about 1 hour ago

Weird. I remember hearing about how one of they key markers for longevity was exposure to heat and cold.

762236•29 minutes ago

Acute heat exposure, like 45 minutes where sweat is starting to accumulate on your skin, causes capillary growth and other adaptations some weeks later. If you don't have those adaptations already when exposed to heat, and you're weak, you're going to be in trouble.

stavros•2 minutes ago

I guess this explains how I could play tennis for two hours in the sun in 35 degree heat (35 C in shade). I guess I'd better not try it again now that I haven't done it for a while.

petarb•about 1 hour ago

So no cold plunging and then sauna?

readme•12 minutes ago

That's probably still very healthy. The study looks at deaths per year at non-optimal temperatures. Living in a desert is different than taking a sauna.

groby_b•about 1 hour ago

"Sub-Saharan Africa had the highest cold-related excess death rate"

That's an interesting choice. It conflates cold-related excess deaths in the equatorial lowlands (which struggle to ever get below 70F/20C) and the southern highlands (like Lesotho, which routinely goes below freezing in June/July). Both are sub-saharan.

Of course, that may just be a bad summary, but it puts it onto the "should probably verify the results before I trust it" pile of papers, something that's sadly growing at an ever-increasing pace.

Mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019

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