Beat the heat

[The Patriot]

Summer is in full swing and so is the Georgia heat, and that means people should focus on heat safety, said Dr. (LTC) Jason Newsom, chief of Preventive Medicine with MEDDAC.Whether people are training for sports or spending time outside, Newsom said heat safety is key. "One hundred degrees in Phoenix, Arizona, is tolerable (because it's dry heat), but 100 degrees in Georgia is sweltering because of the humidity," Newsom said. The average high at Fort Benning in July is in the low 90s, according to

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