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heat affects all of us, but older people face the highest health risks

  • Written by Arnagretta Hunter, Physician & Cardiologist, The Canberra Hospital; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
heat affects all of us, but older people face the highest health risksOlder people's bodies can't regulate their temperature as well as younger people's.From shutterstock.com

Australian summer temperatures have risen by 1.66℃ over the past 20 years. In the past century we’ve seen a significant increase in the number, intensity and duration of heatwaves during our summers.

Heat is the natural hazard...

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