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Hereford & Worcester,9 mins

Sweltering in the heat chamber

Tammy Gooding

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Hear what happened when Tammy was put through her paces, running on a treadmill in an environment set to the highest temperature the UK has ever recorded. The University of Worcester has received almost £1million to run research in to how the heat affects women of varying ages and varying levels of activity. Dr Jessica Mee digests the results, exploring how we need to make sure that the population are more physiologically prepared for higher and more intense temperatures.

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