Cold hands, warm heart, as the saying goes. But letting your hands, or any other exposed body parts, get too cold can lead to injury. That injury is frostbite. With winter taking hold, injury and even ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced what it says is the first-ever treatment for severe frostbite following an open-label, controlled trial. Aurlumyn, or iloprost, is an injectable ...
Dangerous freezing weather has settled over Kentucky this week, with wind chills dipping as low as 10 degrees below zero Tuesday into Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. When it gets ...
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first treatment for severe frostbite to reduce the risk of finger or toe amputation in adults. Iloprost injection, marketed under the ...
ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE COLD. THAT INCLUDES WHAT TO DO IF WHEN YOU SEE THE SIGNS OF FROSTBITE. <11;09;32;00 YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE DRESSED IN LAYERS, WEAR WOOL OF POSIBLE, THAT'S ...
Cold temperatures and wind can cause frostbite, especially on exposed skin like fingers, toes, nose, and ears. It can develop rapidly in extreme conditions. Wind chill increases frostbite risk. The ...
An arctic blast is expected to strike parts of the Northern Great Plains over the next several days, sparking a National Weather Service (NWS) warning about the potential for frostbite in one state.
Alaska Regional Hospital is seeing an increase in frostbite cases right now as South central’s cold cycle continues.
In January 2017, physics professor Hart Bezner was driving home to Waterloo, Ontario, from the remote Arctic hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk when he turned onto the lonely, 724 km Dempster Highway. Outside ...