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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Linemen in college football shield the quarterback from would-be tacklers, but what's to protect these burly linemen from health threats associated with their size? Exercise alone won't do it, according to new research from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Two-thirds of Division I linemen studied were obese, putting them at significant risk for metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
From January 2010, for the first time, sports and remedial therapists in the UK will be regulated. The announcement was delivered by the UK wide regulator, the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) which opened its register earlier this year in the interests of protecting the public and setting standards within the industry.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Maja Mataric', the USC Viterbi School of Engineering professor and senior associate dean who directs the USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems (CRES), will lead an effort to evaluate robots as exercise coaches for adults of all ages, with a particular focus on the elderly.. The grant is one of nine, totaling $1.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Researchers from the German Sport University Cologne in Germany found that non-steroidal and tissue-selective anabolic agents such as Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs) are being sold on the black market for their performance enhancing qualities. The availability of authentic SARMs was recently demonstrated for the first time by the detection of the drug candidate Andarine in a product...
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Third Quarter Collapse (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
More photos » by Fernando Medina - NBAE via Getty Images Browse more photos » If you don't know the name Will Carroll, you should, because he is one of the most renowned experts when it comes to sports injuries . Although Mr. Carroll is known more for his work with sites like Baseball Prospectus (specifically, his 'Under the Knife' columns) and Football Outsiders , he has written articles...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Healthy, older adults free of heart disease need not fear that bouts of rapid, irregular heartbeats brought on by vigorous exercise might increase short- or long-term risk of dying or having a heart attack, according to a report by heart experts at Johns Hopkins and the U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA).
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
NFL players and other athletes who suffer serious or multiple concussions may benefit from ground-breaking research being conducted by scientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. The scientists are developing a surgical technique that involves hypothermia in specific regions of the brain. Therapeutic hypothermia is a medical treatment that lowers a patient's...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Contrary to more conservative customs, exercising up to the end of pregnancy has no harmful effect on the weight or size of the foetus. This is what has been indicated in a study carried out by researchers of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Polytechnic University of Madrid), which also shows the positive relationship between the weight of sedentary mothers before pregnancy and the body...
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Baseball Prospectus: Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
A lot of you … ok, a couple … have asked about a project I hinted at a couple times during the last year. The Carroll Guide to Sports Injuries is almost ready to come out, likely this week. (I’ll add a link over to the Football Outsiders store and to Amazon once it’s available.) [...]
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Gifted young athletes are under increasing pressure to play only one sport year round. But a new Loyola University Health System study of 519 junior tennis players has found that such specialization increases the risk of injury. Researchers who analyzed 3,366 matches in United States Tennis Association junior competition found that players who specialized in only tennis were more likely to withdraw...
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Edgy Inspirational Author blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing One Fine Season AuthorHouse (November 25, 2008) by Michael Sheehan ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael Sheehan is CEO and founder of BioResource, a company that distributes natural remedies including the popular INFLAMYAR ointment for sports injuries. He wrote One Fine Season to honor the memories of two childhood friends who died young, before they...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A lasting trend is developing in health and fitness, according to an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) survey published in the November/December issue of ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal®. The importance of experienced and educated fitness professionals remains the top predicted fitness trend for the third straight year.
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luxual-Style and Lifestyle Blog (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Brendan Brazier is a professional Ironman triathlete, a two-time Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon Champion, and the bestselling author of The Thrive Diet . I tried some of the recipes in this book and I love them. You feel so light and healthy plus it inspires you to try the Thrive Fitness. Check it out, I will be doing the fitness as soon as my baby is born. Thrive Fitness will help you: - sculpt strong,...
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TheChive (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
As the title suggests, this gallery is pretty disturbing and you may want to skip it if you have a weak stomach. But if your twisted mind is too curious to restrain your clicky finger, then keep your bitchin’ to yourself. Posted by Leo for and © TheChive, 2009. | Permalink | 4 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: arm, [...]
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
James Pivarnik, Ph.D., FACSM, spends most of his days in the classroom, the exercise science lab, or fulfilling his duties as research integrity officer at Michigan State University. But the current President of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) will take on a different a role in January - that of Torchbearer in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. Pivarnik was selected for the honor...
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