Mike Tipton is on the Council of the RNLI and Trustee/Director of Surf Lifesaving GB. In the 1980s, Frank Golden and I coined the term “cold shock” for the initial physiological responses ...

Mike Kane / Mike Kane for NPR Your body’s first reaction to a plunge in chilly water is the “cold shock” response. Your heart rate jumps. Stress hormones spike. You gasp suddenly ...

A SCHOOLGIRL who vanished in the River Thames at a birthday party died "swiftly" from cold water shock ... Kaliyah was playing with another young girl and boy on a school inset day when she ...

People around the world regularly swim in frigid water, plunge into ice baths, or hop into cold showers ... of publications including Mental Floss, Scuba Diving Magazine, Men's Journal, Alert ...

A systematic review of scientific studies on the Wim Hof method of cold water therapy found the quality of the research inadequate to support most claims of effectiveness without addition ...

If you live near a body of water in the northern latitudes, you likely have heard of your local polar bear club — usually made up of a group of hearty swimmers who take part in cold water swimming.