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Conquering the Cold with Coors: Not Recommended But Whatever Works
by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. As you’ll see in my upcoming five-part series on hypothermia, it’s not the cold weather that gets you. It’s how you handle it. If it were just the cold, the man stuck in...
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Low Body Temperature: More Than Frostbite (and More Dangerous)
Winter weather is not the only cause for low body temperature. First of a five-part series about low body temperature. by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. Scenario one: You’re out on a morning walk, maybe...
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When 50 Degrees Is Too Cold: Causes of Low Body Temperature
Second of a five-part series about low body temperature. by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. You’d think a cold, snowy mountain would be the setting for most deaths from low body temperature (hypothermia)....
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How to Survive If You Fall Into Cold Water
by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. A few days ago, in a nearby town, a man in his forties drowned. Apparently he was chasing his dog, and they fell through the ice. He got the dog out but not himself....
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Video: How to Get Yourself Out of a Hole–Ice Hole, That Is
by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H. In my post “How to Survive If You Fall Into Cold Water,” I wrote about what to do if you fall through the ice. My second-born, Beth Nelson—a paramedic in Alaska—sent me...
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When Low Blood Pressure, Low Temperature, or Abnormal Lab May be Good
by James Hubbard, MD, MPH A few weeks ago a patient I was seeing in the office asked me to look at a copy of his lab work he’d received from an alternate medicine provider. It was the usual chemistry...
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15 of the Worst Things to Do If You’re Stranded in the Cold
by James Hubbard, MD, MPH In 2002, a couple of years after he won the Olympic gold medal in wrestling, Rulon Gardner went snowmobiling in Wyoming. “I told myself it would be a short trip,” he told the...
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