Elderly's Ability To Manage The Cold May Be Due In Part To Some Aging Processes Of The Body

... Hypothermia -- when the body's temperature drops significantly below normal -- is especially deadly for the elderly. Older people become hypothermic despite the fact that they are more likely to live inside a home than on the street, and nearly half who become hypothermic die. By contrast, children rarely succumb to the disorder. In a recently published study researchers have found that certain characteristics, which change with age, affect younger and older persons differently. ...