Frostbite is a severe cold injury that affects millions worldwide, often resulting in prolonged recovery, scarring, and long-term complications such as chronic pain and dysfunction. The injury ...

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 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 ...

On October 4, 2024, researchers from Peking Union Medical College Hospital and the National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing) published a study (DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwae055) in Protein & Cell that ...

Dangerous freezing weather has settled over Central Indiana this week, with wind chills of 10 to 20 degrees below zero Tuesday into Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. When it gets ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Recently, I wrote about hypothermia, and the temperature at that time was 19 degrees. Today, as I write, the temperature is 20 ...

Frostbite causes a loss of feeling and color in affected areas. It most often affects the nose, ears, cheeks, chin, fingers or toes. It can cause permanent damage and severe cases can lead to ...

Extremely cold weather, high winds, wet clothes and poor circulation can lead to frostbite. People who smoke, use alcohol, take beta blockers (which slow the heart) or have a condition affecting ...

Extreme wind chill temperatures are sweeping through Western North Carolina as of Tuesday, Jan. 21, bringing health risks. A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service at 10:51 a.m. on ...