Gabe Giersch (@gabegiersch.bsky.social)

In recent years, we and others have used various approaches to demonstrate that young healthy women are not more susceptible to heat illness - an assumption that is still made and can affect women’s careers. One example from our lab: @gabegiersch.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36342147/

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Body mass index, but not sex, influences exertional heat stroke risk in young healthy men and women - PubMed Exertional heat stroke (EHS) remains a persistent threat for individuals working or playing in the heat, including athletes and military and emergency service personnel. However, influence of biologic... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36342147/