The study also found that some types of heart disease are more sensitive to heat waves than others and that different types of heat waves may impact heart health in distinct, nonlinear ways.

Heat advisories warn Southern Californians to be careful this weekend as forecasts say temperatures could soar up to 20 degrees above normal.

your heart beats an extra ten times per minute, per the Cleveland Clinic. Your risk of a fatal heart attack doubles in a heat wave, the American Heart Association explains.

Recent studies have found that prolonged exposure to elevated temperatures can be harmful to health – and might even influence aging.

Southern California is bracing for a weekend of powerful heat, with temperatures forecast to exceed 100 degrees in places.

(Shutterstock) In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Shraddha Gandhi, consultant emergency department at Holy Family Hospital, Mumbai said, “Heat waves can have a significant impact on the heart ...

The hot-cold-hot-cold trend we've been experiencing continues this weekend, with a mini heat wave that stared on Friday and will peak Saturday with temperatures between 90 and 103 degrees in ...

At least 15 people in Orange County and nine people in Riverside County were rescued during Saturday’s heat wave. More than two dozen people were rescued Saturday during a record-breaking heat ...

Scientists developed a rapid response system to assess whether climate change played a role in extreme weather like heat waves.

Fifty thousand across Europe in 2003. Eleven thousand in Russia in 2010. Heat waves have become hotter, longer and more frequent in recent decades, and scientists predict that climate change and ...