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Risk of Water Intoxication in Endurance Athletes

... One recent study found that 13 percent of Boston marathon runners suffered from Exercise induced Hyponatremia (EAH), though most cases were mild. But since 1985, there have been at least eight documented fatalities from EAH related to long-distance events. The publics impression of the amount of water tha...

42-year-old Cancer Patient Honored by British Queen for Her Fundraising Efforts

...h consists of a 4km swim, 180km bike ride and full marathon to be done inside 17 hours. She has also complet...London Triathlons and is the only person to do the marathon whilst on chemotherapy. Her brother has completed two tandem bike rides with her - one from Lands En...

Marathon for a Cause: To Fight Against Kidney Disease

The third Zayed International marathon to mobilize public support for the fight against kidney diseases was kicked off in New York Saturday . The proceeds from the marathon, hosted by the New York Road Runners Foundation (NYRR) and sponsored by the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates (U...

DNA-damage Test Could Aid Drug Development

In the daunting marathon that leads to successful drugs, promising drug candidates must pass toxicity tests before entering clinical trials. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Whitehead Institute have developed a cell culture test for assessing a com...

NASA Technology Helps Detect and Treat Heart Disease and Strokes

... of the non-invasive tests that I had prior to the marathon detected my silent heart disease, and I knew there had to be something better out there."...

Large Fluid Intake Won’t Help to Keep Cool for Marathon Runner

...e won’t make much difference, warns scientists for marathon runners//. With today's temperatures expected to reach 19 degrees, the average runner will potentially lose almost a litre of sweat every hour and reach a body temperature of over 39 degrees, two degrees above normal. The sporting community has lon...

Canada’s Conjoined Twins Growing Normall

...re presently enjoying a respite after four days of marathon tests. They are slated to undergo an angiography to determine whether a potential separation surgery will be viable. The neurosurgeon attending to them has explained that a separation surgery is fraught with risks....

Skin cancer risk runs deep in marathoners

...s of Dermatology journal. The study found out that marathon runners have increased chances of developing liver spots and moles on their skin .Both liver spots and moles reflect a higher risk to development of skin cancer or malignant melanoma. This risk gets predominantly high due to over exposure to sun‘s h...

Awareness about Women's Cancers- A National Concern

...olchildren in Allahabad will be participating in a marathon on that day// to promote awareness and motivate people to join hands against the dreaded disease. "Run 4 Cancer" will be flagged off by SSP Vijay Singh Meena, from Kamala Nehru Memorial Hospital. Commissioner Allahabad Division RN Tripathi will pre...

Border Security Force Troopers Turn To Yoga

... "After practicing yoga, I won a gold medal in the marathon event at the BSF national level competition." Added Jayapaul: "The boys are under duress. The rise in the number of suicides in the different forces is an issue of concern. I believe yoga can go a long way in relieving tension." "We have asked the ...

All in the name of Fitness

... should at least have been able to complete a half marathon before being allowed to join the runners. "And for a half marathon you should have been able to finish a 10 kilometre run." Prof Whyte said that Walliams needed about...

Marathon Boy Budhia Singh Facing Cash Crunch

...ed to adopt Budhia and has announced to honour the marathon boy on its National Sports Day. Source-IANS...

Simple remedy to prevent DVT: Eat 6 Tomatoes!

...erties, which could be a blessing to passengers on marathon flights, in preventing the formation of potentially dangerous clots, a condition termed as Deep Vein Thrombosis. It is estimated that the number of people on long duration flights who suffer clots total to nearly 12% of the passengers, therefore t...

Study Highlights How Bacteria Respond To Changes In Environment

... distance used in atomic physics that is a virtual marathon in the world of intracellular communication. Ten angstroms equal a nanometer, which is one-billionth of a meter. Source: Newswis...

Making Budhia run 65 km absolutely cruel,says Infosys chief

... our children. If Budhia Singh could win the world marathon at the age of 16, or 17 or 18 and then sustain it over a long period of time, that is praiseworthy and laudatory,' he said. But, he said, making the child run 65 km was 'absolutely cruel.' 'We should preserve the child. We should recognise the talen...

Budhia Is Fine, Government-constituted Medical Board Reports False

...of Government doctors who had examined the budding marathon runner, warned him against running such long distances. According to the report of the government-constituted medical board, the kid’s clinical parameters such as serum urea, serum ALKP (alkaline phosphatase) and serum potassium levels were higher. I...

Budhia Singh - Youngest Athlete To Be Dope Tested?

Child prodigy marathon runner Budhia Singh, who has created history by ru... Kar said, adding that taking steroids was rare in marathon runners. "We didn't have any scope to look into this factor during medical examination. This is a hi...

Budhia's Medical Report Fails to Address Long Term Health Issues

...as plans to fly to London on May 15 for the London marathon with the boy. Surrounded by this controversy will Das succeed in his plans for London and expose the boy to the International media glare!....

Slow Down Budhia, Warn Medical Experts

Budhia Singh, India's young marathon kid had been warned against running long distances, as his health seems to be compromised, said a panel of doctors who had examined him//. The kid's clinical parameters such as serum urea, serum ALKP (alkaline phosphatase) and serum potassium level...

Marathon Kid Budhia’s Health Not Compromise

...eviewed Budhia Singh, the four-and-a-half-year-old marathon kid of Orissa, declared that his health is normal. // The child was taken by police for a medical check up after he ran an astounding 65km earlier this week. The police took Budhia to the government-run Capital Hospital at Bhubaneswar for a medical ...

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