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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Seth Borenstein

How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart.

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As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what's happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees.

The critical danger point outdoors for illness and death from relentless heat is several degrees lower than experts once thought, say researchers who put people in hot boxes to see what happens to them.

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