Could your brain stay active after your heart stops?
When the heart suddenly stops pumping, the body enters a critical medical emergency. Blood is no longer circulating normally, oxygen delivery drops and the brain and other organs quickly become vulnerable to injury. For years, people have often heard that there is a specific number of minutes after cardiac arrest when the brain can no […]
6 Common Causes of Low Body Temperature (Hypothermia) and What They Mean for Your Health
Low body temperature is one of those health topics that tends to get oversimplified. Most people grow up believing that 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is the universal standard for a healthy reading, and that anything below it signals a problem. Low body temperature, however, is more nuanced than that. Normal temperature varies from person to person […]