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Potato as effective as carbohydrate gels for boosting athletic performance, study finds

2019-10-18

Consuming potato puree during prolonged exercise works just as well as a commercial carbohydrate gel in sustaining blood glucose levels and boosting performance in trained athletes, scientists report

Researchers find college football players' weight gain leads to heart problems

2019-10-23

Weight gain and high blood pressure in college football players leads to adverse changes in cardiac structure and function, indicating monitoring and early intervention is needed for this young and otherwise healthy athletic population, according to a new study by Emory University researchers

Twin study shows what's good for the heart is good for the brain

2019-10-21

Emory University researchers are giving us double the reasons to pay attention to our cardiovascular health -- showing in a recently published study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease that good heart health can equal good brain health

Increase health benefits of exercise by working out before breakfast

2019-10-18

According to a new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, health scientists at the Universities of Bath and Birmingham found that by changing the timing of when you eat and exercise, people can better control their blood sugar levels.

Reduced food intake in old mice can no longer improve health

2019-10-23

Reduced food intake helps both animals and humans to improve health in old age and can prolong life. But when do you have to change your diet to achieve this benefit in old age? Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, the Excellence Cluster for Ageing Research at the University of Cologne, the Babraham Institute in Cambridge and UCL have now shown that mice only become healthier if they start food reduction early and eat less before entering old age. The scientists conclude that healthy behavior must be established earlier in life in order to improve health in old age and extend lifespan.

Mapping international drug use through the world's largest wastewater study

2019-10-23

A seven-year project monitoring illicit drug use in 37 countries via wastewater samples shows that cocaine use was skyrocketing in Europe in 2017 and Australia had a serious problem with methamphetamine.

Most surfing injuries involve shoulder or knee, surgery usually not required

2019-11-09

Harry "Tate" Greditzer, MD, a radiologist at HSS and avid surfer himself, launched a study to determine the kinds of orthopedic injuries a recreational surfer might sustain and how often he or she required surgery. The primary purpose of the study was to characterize MRI patterns of acute surfing-related injury at HSS, an urban musculoskeletal hospital, Dr. Greditzer said. Secondarily, the purpose was to report the proportion of those injuries that required orthopedic surgical intervention.

Sports medicine or sport medicine is an interdisciplinary subspecialty of medicine which deals with the treatment and preventive care of athletes, both amateur and professional

2019-11-27

The sports medicine team includes specialty physicians and surgeons, athletic trainers, physical therapists, coaches, other personnel, and, of course, the athlete. Sports medicine has always been difficult to define because it is not a single specialty, but an area that involves health care professionals, researchers, and educators from a wide variety of disciplines. Its function is not only curative and rehabilitative but also preventative, which may actually be the most important one of all.

Yoga and physical therapy as treatment for chronic lower back pain also improves sleep

2019-12-12

Yoga and physical therapy (PT) are effective approaches to treating co-occurring sleep disturbance and back pain while reducing the need for medication, according to a new study. The research showed significant improvements in sleep quality lasting 52 weeks after 12 weeks of yoga classes or 1-on-1 PT, which suggests a long-term benefit of these non-pharmacologic approaches.

Focus on opioids and cannabis in chronic pain media coverage

2020-01-24

New Zealand media reports on chronic pain are focusing on treatments involving opioids and cannabis at the expense of best practice non-drug treatments, researchers have found.

How kirigami can help us study the muscular activity of athletes

2020-02-12

Scientists devise an elastic and durable skin-contact patch for measuring the electromyographic activity of the palm muscle inspired by ancient Japanese paper crafts. In this regard, the combination of high-speed cameras and surface electromyographic sensors, which record the electromyographic activity of palm muscles, has been employed to obtain a better understanding on the fine control athletes and sportspeople exert on their palm muscles.

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