Frostbite is not only dependent on the outside temperature. It’s also affected by the wind chill factor. As the speed of the wind increases, our bodies cool at a faster rate, causing the skin ...

If you've been exposed to extra cold temperatures without proper precautions, it's possible that you could develop frostbite. You're most likely to develop frostbite in your extremities — like your ...

Trevor Logan winces in pain as a nurse cleans the blistered middle finger on his right hand, swollen to twice its size due to ...

Hypothermia symptoms include shivering, numbness or weakness, a "glassy stare", apathy or impaired judgement and loss of consciousness, the American Red Cross says. According to the Westchester County ...

The Hope Mission says the shelter has had to hire more nurses in recent years because a majority of frostbite procedures ...

Frostbite may have met its match. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first medication to treat severe frostbite, the agency announced this week. The drug, iloprost (brand ...

Lancaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Frostbite can occur at temperatures just below freezing (-0.55°C), though at such temperatures frostbite is ...

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After being forced to abandon his Antarctica expedition when he developed frostbite, Sir Ranulph Fiennes has revealed that he may now lose two fingers. The 68-year-old was injured in a fall while ...

Our latest competitor in the never-ending game of "Which Frat Does the Dumbest Shit?" is Syracuse's Nu Alpha Phi chapter. One of the fraternity's pledges may lose four fingers from getting frostbite ...

Here’s how to stay safe as a polar vortex puts the Midwest into a deep freeze this week: Do. Not. Go. Outside. Experts warn that even a short time in the blistering cold can be extremely dangerous, ...