http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. There is a link between use of anabolic-androgenic steroids and reduced mental health later in life. This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Twenty per cent of the subjects in the study admitted steroid use. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-anabolic-steroids-affect-future-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:19 EST news288263523 (HealthDay)—Recommendations for sports concussion and its management have been updated, according to a consensus statement published in the April issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-sports-concussion.html Health Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:40:01 EST news283430289 (HealthDay)—Acute physical exercise improves executive function in children, adolescents, and young adults, according to a meta-analysis published online March 6 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-acute-physical-function.html Health Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:40:01 EST news282308506 An international panel of concussion experts has provided new guidelines on evaluating and treating concussions during sporting events and in clinical settings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-global-consensus-concussion-sport.html Health Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:30:01 EST news282226452 Mouthguards and helmets can help ward off other serious head and facial injuries, but there is no good evidence that they can help prevent concussion, and paradoxically, they may even encourage players to take greater risks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-good-evidence-mouthguards-helmets-ward.html Health Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:30:02 EST news282223220 Short bouts of moderately intense exercise seem to boost self control, indicates an analysis of the published evidence in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-short-bouts-boost.html Health Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:30:03 EST news281808893 Men's sperm quality may be significantly affected by their levels of physical activity, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). They found that healthy young men who were sedentary, as measured by hours of TV viewing, had lower sperm counts than those who were the most physically active. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-tv-viewing-habits-significantly-affect.html Health Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:30:01 EST news279198452 (Medical Xpress)—Although primary care physicians take care of many aspects of health and disease, little is known about how they can change sedentary behavior through counseling, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Results from a new study suggest encouraging patients to decrease the time they spend sitting each day may be feasible in the primary care setting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-sedentary-behavior-primary.html Health Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:39:21 EST news270139152 Most professional English football teams don't comply with international guidelines on concussion among players, which ensure they are safe to return to play, indicates research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-english-football-teams-dont-international.html Health Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:30:19 EST news266064119 Elite athletes who cross more than five time zones to compete are around two to three times as likely to get ill as when they compete on their home turf, suggests research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-zones-illness-elite-athletes.html Health Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:30:05 EST news263660840 Based on data from the last five Olympic games, a study by the University of Western Australia has identified those athletes with asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness. With a prevalence of around 8% they are the most common chronic conditions among Olympic athletes, and could be related to intense training. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-asthma-common-chronic-disease-olympic.html Immunology Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:49:46 EST news262950578 UK medical school teaching on physical activity is "sparse or non-existent," finds research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-uk-medical-school-physical-virtually.html Health Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:48:25 EST news262633625 Lack of time, knowledge and training in health promotion and lack of success with changing patient behavior were among the top barriers to including effective physical activity counseling in the primary care setting, according to research by The University of Texas School of Public Health, part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-barriers-physical.html Health Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:21:32 EST news259330878 Big gaps in basic knowledge about the numbers and causes of apparently inexplicable heart attacks among young sportsmen and women are seriously hampering our ability to prevent them, says a sport and exercise medicine specialist in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-lack-basic-evidence-hampering-sudden.html Cardiology Sat, 12 May 2012 05:32:19 EST news256019525 A new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine highlights the injury risks for schoolboys playing rugby. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-academic-issues-schoolboy-rugby.html Health Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:22:20 EST news236510533 (Medical Xpress) -- Nearly half of recreational runners may be drinking too much fluid during races, according to a survey of runners by Loyola University Health System researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-runners.html Health Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:16:15 EST news234432962 Watching TV for an average of six hours a day could shorten the viewer's life expectancy by almost five years, indicates research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-daily-tv-quota-hours-shorten.html Health Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:39:20 EST news232684737 Tai chi has particular health benefits for older people, including helping to prevent falls and improving mental wellbeing, reveals a review published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-tai-chi-falls-mental-health.html Health Mon, 16 May 2011 19:02:12 EST news224791293