Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. PCD provides an open exchange of information and knowledge among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others who strive to improve the health of the public through chronic disease prevention.
As temperatures climb ruthlessly across the South, creating deadly conditions in Texas, causing Louisiana highways to buckle, and leaving air conditioning companies everywhere struggling to keep up, local medical officials