That’s not just an uncomfortable fact – extreme heat can have real health consequences. Heat-related illnesses include heat rash, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. In extreme cases, it can ...

Breaking out in a rash after exposure to sunlight is not uncommon – here’s what you need to know about sun allergy.

Feeling a little itchy? Here's how to recognize the most commonly undiagnosed skin irritations, including the one you may ...

Curiosities like these motivated the physicist and future Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg to develop an idealized quantum theory of heat-resistant order in the 1970s. But in both liquid helium and ...

Nevertheless, most of us have experienced sunburn at least once. The skin turns bright red, feels irritated and needs cooling. You may also have been told that sunburn damages the DNA. But that is ...

Miliaria rubra is a type of heat rash or prickly heat that happens when sweat becomes trapped under the skin. Children tend to get it more than adults because their sweat glands are still developing.

They also carry waste away from your organs and tissues. Petechiae sometimes appear in clusters and may look like a rash. If you have tiny red, purple, or brown spots on your skin, they could be ...

What Is an HIV Rash? An HIV rash is irritated skin that affects people who have HIV. It can be itchy, red or purple, or painful. Most people who have HIV get a rash at some point. It’s a common ...

Many thermostats have a setting called EM heat, emergency heat or auxiliary heat. You shouldn’t normally rely on it warm your house, but it’s useful when the thermostat’s regular settings ...

Leading experts say a person's risk of experiencing heat-induced illnesses isn't tied to just the temperature. A new tool called HeatWatch extracts real-time public weather data to provide an ...