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News — Article title: Sex differences in heat stress vulnerability among middle-aged and older adults (PSU HEAT project)

Authors: Olivia K. Leach, Rachel M. Cottle, Kat G. Fisher, S. Tony Wolf, W. Larry Kenney

From the authors: “Our data confirm that women over the age of 65 [years] are at greater risk than age-matched men during temperature extremes in several ways.”

This study is highlighted as one of September’s “best of the best” as part of the American Physiological Society's  program.

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APSselect American Physiological Society American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology PSU HEAT Project Aging Climate Change heat balance Thermoregulation sex as a biological variable