Why heatwaves hit women harder

• Heatwave Health Risks in Women
• Women experience greater physiological vulnerability to heat due to hormonal factors and differences in thermoregulation, requiring sex-specific clinical assessment during heatwaves
• Female-predominant conditions including pregnancy, menopause, and use of certain medications increase heat-related morbidity and mortality risk, necessitating targeted patient counselling
• Healthcare systems should develop gender-informed heat health protection strategies and increase clinician awareness of sex differences in heat vulnerability to improve outcomes

Experts are calling for better awareness of the heat-related risks to women and more targeted efforts to protect them.

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