Antioxidants may help avoid heat stroke
April 4, 2008 | Source: KurzweilAI
University of Rochester researchers and colleagues have discovered that antioxidants may protect against some forms of heat stroke.
When mice with the malignant hyperthermia (MH) mutation were given the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC), they had a marked reduction in sensitivity to heat stress.
MH reactions occur in one in 10,000 adult patients undergoing general anesthesia, resulting in severe hyperthermia.