America's Healthy Summer: Avoid Heat-Related Illness in Student Athletes

The United States is in the grip of a record hot summer, and children who play outdoors sports are vulnerable to heat stroke. Earlier this month two assistant football coaches were arrested and charged with reckless endangerment after a student athlete collapsed during training. The student had been doing weight training and running in 93-degree weather, according to reports. Police say the coaches failed to provide the players with water. The danger is very real. Exertional heat stroke is...Full Story