Various injuries can occur during dangerously cold temperatures from frostbite and hypothermia to slipping on ice. Julie ...

When treating frostbite or hypothermia, do not use a fireplace, heat lamp, radiator, stove or heating pad/blanket for warming ...

University of Alberta researchers have created a device they believe could significantly reduce the number of frostbite cases ...

With temperatures below freezing, frostbite isn’t the only consequence to be concerned about. Following a myriad of reported ...

“Nurses that work in the urban emergency departments throughout Canada know of these ‘frequent flyer’ patients that are ...

A common phrase is "walk like a penguin." Frostbite is an injury to the skin tissue because of freezing. It typically occurs on fingers, toes, nose, feet and ears. "Some people would try to tough ...

There’s addictions and mental health, but either way, they’re working, and then they get one frostbite injury, and they may lose toes. The next season, they lose their feet, and they’re ...

A prototype to more efficiently treat frostbite has been revealed at the University of Alberta. Traditional methods have been ...

Frostbite is more than surface-level skin damage. It can snowball into lifelong circulation issues and the loss of limbs. It ...

Frostbite is more than just some surface-level skin damage. An expert explains how the 'frostbite danger zone' is a lot ...