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How to keep a cool head despite the monkey heat

Summers are getting hotter and hotter - and not just in Austria.(Bild: StockPhotoPro - stock.adobe.com)

Tired, listless and unfocused? Health psychologist Elvira Egger explains what heat does to us, what helps, who is particularly at risk and what challenges the healthcare system faces in the face of global warming. Plus: the best locations to cool down.

Summer is really picking up speed and is bringing us temperatures above 30 degrees - and Austria is groaning! No wonder, as people feel most comfortable between 36.3 and 37.4 degrees body temperature and between 21 and 26 degrees outside temperature, depending on their type. We find anything below that too cold and anything above that too hot.