Hyperthermia Summary

The Army's sprawling training ground here has plenty of challenges _ craggy hills, dense brush, high grass, scratchy juniper trees and temperatures in the 90s. But military officials didn't conside... Read more

Six leaders of a Fort Hood officer academy have been disciplined in connection with a soldier's death during a training exercise, their attorney said Thursday.One of the leaders of the Noncommissio... Read more

It's a scenario that's tragically repeated dozens of times a year: a parent places a toddler in the back seat of a vehicle and later becomes distracted, leaving the child inside to swelter on ... Read more

The number of people taken to hospital for heatstroke this summer topped 3,000 in Tokyo and other major cities in Japan, the highest since the survey began in 2000, the National Institute for... Read more

A soldier who went missing for four days after a solo navigation exercise died of hyperthermia and dehydration, according to autopsy results released Wednesday.The body of Sgt. Lawrence G. Sprader,... Read more