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Drinking adequate amounts of water

...crete, your brain could swell - as has happened to athletes and people taking the drug Ecstasy. Frequent urination is another problem. And there's no evidence that those who don't follow the 8 by 8 rule are unhealthy. There are exceptions, however, says Dr Valtin. You should make sure you drink plenty of wa...

Link between athleticism and neurological disease

...rological diseases seen in people who were student athletes and have always been slim are more likely to develop. Amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS)// is a rare and invariably fatal neurological condition. It's sometimes known as Lou Gehrig's disease, after the famous baseball player whose career was cut shor...

Wearable Body Monitoring

...ng facility nurses to rehabilitation therapists to athletes and even people in the transportation industry....

How Much Should Athletes Drink?

...s preventable.// Noakes says there is no evidence athletes must drink the maximum amount of fluids tolerable to optimize performance and prevent medical consequences. He adds there is also a misconception that a feeling of thirst underestimates fluid requirements. Drinking according to the personal dictates ...

A Simple Exercise Can Uncover Undiagnosed Asthma

... running. A large number of youth and high school athletes were found to have undiagnosed asthma....

Can Calcium Help Reduce Weight?

...actually produces more fat cells. Researchers say athletes who participate in sports like wrestling where wei... greatly benefit from calcium. They say that these athletes can use calcium to help maintain weight while also reaping the benefits of bone strength and prevent...

The Benefits Of A Stretch

...rmance in most cases. Past studies have shown that athletes who stretched prior to running actually performed worse than those who did not stretch. However, researchers says there are some benefits of stretching for people who endure chronic posture problems, such as sitting for long periods of time at work, ...

Hormone Leptin Found To Be Effective In Treating Women With Infertility Problems

...he study was conducted among 14 competitive female athletes with about 40-percent less body fat than the average women. Eight of the women received the hormone, while the others served as controls. All of the women in the study had ceased menstruating on average about five years prior to the study due to low ...

Should we avoid energy drinks to protect our teeth?

All the sportspersons and athletes who live their lives by their sports drinks and en...o significant difference in dental eroding between athletes who consumed sports drinks and others who didn’t. Links: http://my.webmd.com/content/article/100/1...

Stretching May Not Decrease Risk Of Injury In Power Sports

...e body as a part of the exercise routine. However, athletes should be aware of the detrimental value of only stretching before any sports requiring power and force. In that case, warming up the body is a better option....

Drinking too much water during racing may be harmful

...ter stations. This condition may also develop in athletes who do not take water, but consume energy drinks during the race. The energy drinks available in the market do not have the same concentration of salts as required by the human body. Drinking more of them may also lead to salt loss in the body. Resea...

Athletes Warned Of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia

Novice athletes who are training for marathon running events may b.... The risk to the condition is heightened when the athletes drink excess amounts of fluids during exercises. Awareness of EAH is increasing, but athletes, coac...

Hope For Patients With Muscular Dystrophy

...le-wasting diseases like muscular dystrophy. Elite athletes are also interested in the science and its potential to increase muscle mass in healthy people too. Thus researchers say , that their research gives them a great deal of hope that agents already known to block myostatin activity in mice may be able t...

All Play Is No Good For Health

...air. Some common problem situations in which young athletes might play through the pain include: A pitching overuse injury that can impact growth plates in the shoulder with future consequences; Pain that results in impaired performance and means rest and strength development are needed Disregarded pain aft...

Competitive Sports: Is the heart Sportive Enough?

... deaths, but rather it triggered cardiac arrest in athletes with underlying diseases predisposing them to life...r Sports Medicine of Padua involving nearly 34,000 athletes less than 35 years old, over 1,000 were disqualified from competing on health grounds, 621 (1.8%) be...

People Still Neglect To Use Sunscreen In Spite Of Cancer Warnings

...ing under direct sunlight for long hours. College athletes who participate in outdoor sports spend a signific...udy looked at the sunscreen use of female and male athletes on soccer and cross-country teams from four Cincinnati area colleges. Anonymous surveys were distrib...

Athletes Are More Prone To Environmental Pollutants Due To Choice Of Diet

...different diets. Also, a significant proportion of athletes attempt change their weight in order to enhance their competitive success, or may be also interested simply in weight loss for appearance, or due to health reasons In a recent study, published in the December issue of Food and Chemical Toxicology, f...

Dominant Discoveries and The Darker Side Of Methamphetamine Drug Addiction

...mmonly used by college students, truck drivers and athletes was discovered in 1919. Originally intended for use as a nasal decongestant, it has been very long since the drug has been used for a therapeutic benefit. It was even used by soldiers during World War II to enhance their alertness. Ever since the tim...

Smoking Banned In Southeast Asian Games Venues

...ent's policy to ensure the health andsafety of the athletes as well as of the spectators. 'Participants, offi...rted out of the venues,' he said. More than 7,000 athletes from 11 Southeast Asian countries are expected toparticipate in the games, which will be held in Man...

Does Magnet Therapy Posses Healing Powers?

...alue. Magnets are sought after by the successful athletes mainly to relive pain but the researchers prove that it is all bogus. The research was done by Leonard Finegold, a professor of physics at Drexel University in Philadelphia in association with Dr. Bruce L. Flamm, a physician in obstetrics and gyneco...

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