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Probing the Effect of Endurance Exercise on Athletes' Hearts

...e high-level athletes who participate in endurance sports come up with a relatively rare but dangerous condi...nding adds weight to the hypothesis that endurance sports might contribute to changes in the heart that lead to dysfunction and heart rhythm disturbances, acc...

Training Breathing Muscles Improves Swimmer's Performance

...rs and runners. They suggest that athletes in most sports could improve their performance by undergoing respiratory muscle training. It is also clear that the greater the stress on the respiratory system, the larger the improvement in performance." Lundgren noted that this type of training also might be ...

Patients Dissatisfied Following Closed Reduction Of Nasal Fractures

...rty-five percent of nasal fractures were caused by sports injuries, 23 percent by physical altercations or assaults and 10 percent by motor vehicle crashes. The average score for nasal deformity was 3.08 before surgery and 1.62 after surgery, the average score for aesthetic concern was 2.97 before surgery a...

Educate Teenagers About Sun Safety to Offset Skin Cancer Risk

... of schools, parents, healthcare professionals and sports program coaches. The study also established that the success of such endeavors was largely dependant on the co-operation of all these people, in helping teenagers adopt sun safety measures. The 'Primary Care Practice Manual' which was published dur...

Physical Exercise Fights Mental Woes

...ysical activity - especially when individuals join sports clubs, teams or have workout partners - also increases socialisation, which has been proven to boost mental and physical health and increase lifespan, he said. Researchers say that regular workouts could even help smokers beat their addiction. So...

Surfing Safer Than Soccer: Study

...ies per 1,000 hours of surfing - compared to other sports for which comparable data is available," says lead author Andrew Nathanson, MD, an emergency medicine physician with Rhode Island Hospital's Injury Prevention Center. "However, the risk of injury more than doubled when surfing in large waves or over ...

Party Over –now Its How to Get Ove’ the Hangove!

...ing. If you don't feel like drinking water, then sports drinks are a good option because they replace essential salts and minerals that were flushed out of your body during frequent urination. Non-acidic fruit juices are another good choice because the sugar in them helps prevent hypoglycemia and feeling ...

Adrenaline Associated With Adventurers Risk Taking

... situations. Maybe that is the reason why the avid sports risk takers and thrill seekers dare to participate in extreme sports activities, to get that adrenaline pumping. SR...

Household Chores May Reduce Risk Of Breast Cancer

...luding work, leisure and housework. All forms of sports and physical exercises combined reduced the breast cancer risk in post-menopausal women, but had no noticeable effect in pre-menopausal women. Of all of the activities, only housework seemed to significantly reduce the risk of getting the disease i...

The Bulging Waist Line Determines Your Life Line

...most 44%, when instead of an hour glass figure one sports a podgy flabby waistline. The diameter along the median sagittal plane was measured in a group of volunteers. This roughly amounts to an imaginary line cutting through the body joining two points from the back to the front of the abdomen. This dista...

'Gender-Benders': Sports and Sex Determination

...rmination test. We are now living in an era when sports can be equated to exorbitance, with global banners and the government vying with each other to back the 'best'. The chosen athletes are national 'symbols' and any unpleasant controversy amounts to national shame and a blow to the country's pride. It ...

Soda and Juice Drinks Could Make Kids Obese

...r ages it was things like 10 percent fruit juices, sports drinks, and flavoured beverages with added sugar." Source-IANS...

Are The Short And Dark Days Of Winter Making You SAD?

...n activities that bring pleasure, such as reading, sports or music. If the blues don’t go away with season, it may be clinical depression and it is better to seek professional help. PR...

Marketing in Schools may Discourage Healthy Nutrition among Students

... machines and 27 percent on school grounds such as sports playing fields. More than 10 percent of the respondents said the ads were displayed in the cafeteria. Factors influencing the number of soft drink ads were soft drink company incentives from distributors, exclusive beverage contracts with the scho...

Sports-Formulated Jelly Beans Just as Effective as Sports Drinks

...ated jelly beans were just as effective as popular sports drinks and gels in maintaining blood sugar //level... No study has previously assessed the benefits of sports gels or sports-formulated jelly beans. The UC Davis researchers compared the effects of three differ...

Robotic Model To Teach Surgical Skills

...t what they do," he said. "It's not a new idea. In sports and dance, people are studying the mechanics of movement to see what produces the best possible performance. By understanding the underlying structures, we can become better at what we do. I think surgery's no different." Source-Eurekalert PI...

Video Games Fun but Pose Social, Health Risks

...vity, Storch said. Dancing with friends or playing sports would get kids moving and give them a chance to sp...aid. Although gamers lose time to participate in sports and other physical activities, video games aren't the sole reason many aren't more active, said Eliz...

Johns Hopkins Computer Scientists Unravel 'Language Of Surgery'

...t what they do," he said. "It's not a new idea. In sports and dance, people are studying the mechanics of movement to see what produces the best possible performance. By understanding the underlying structures, we can become better at what we do. I think surgery's no different." Source-Eurekalert RI...

Multivitamin Supplements Improve Teen Lifestyle: Study

...ere also more physically active, including in team sports and other organized sports. Vitamin use was also linked to a lower rate of television watching - less than 60 percent of vitamin users watched an hour of TV per day compared with 70 percent of nonusers. Taking vitamins was also associated with a ...

Two-Slice-Touch Rule

...rom 83% to 96% for lateral meniscal tears. 'The sports medicine physicians at our institution have expressed how much they value our high positive predictive value for the diagnosis of a meniscal tear when using the two-slice-touch rule,' said Dr. De Smet. 'Also, by using the category of 'possible tear',...

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