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Beetroot juice properties found to boost athletes' stamina

(Medical Xpress)—Athletes competing this summer have benefited from an unlikely ingredient to fuel their Olympic and Paralympic success.

Health created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Race-day diet can make or break a competitive cyclist

(HealthDay) -- I rolled into the St. Helens, Ore., rest stop, 172 miles into my single-day ride of the 204-mile Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic, truly unsure how I was going to make it the rest of the ...

Health created Aug 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study prompts safety precautions for cyclists

Interviews with cyclists hospitalised following road crashes have reinforced the importance of measures such as wearing helmets and bike lights, and better interaction between all road users.

Health created Jul 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Physical inactivity kills 5 million a year: report

A third of the world's adults are physically inactive, and the couch potato lifestyle kills about five million people every year, experts said in the medical journal The Lancet on Wednesday.

Health created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

7 of 10 commuters using Capital Bikeshare forgo helmet use

Cyclists in Washington, D.C. who use Capital Bikeshare for their daily commutes are much less likely to wear helmets than commuters on their own bikes. That is the finding from an observational study conducted by Georgetown ...

Health created Jun 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The doping-drug Epo has an impact in the brain

Sportsmen and women dope with the blood hormone Epo to enhance their performance. Researchers from the University of Zurich now discovered by animal testing that Epo has a performance-enhancing effect in the brain shortly ...

Medications created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Only 1 in 5 bike share cyclists wears a helmet

A national rise in public bike sharing programs could mean less air pollution and more exercise, an environmental and health win-win for people in the cities that host them, but according to researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess ...

Other created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists study effects of caffeine on exercise performance

(Medical Xpress) -- Whether you are an elite athlete trying to gain a competitive edge, or a regular bike commuter, consuming caffeine one hour prior to exercise has the potential to improve your performance.

Health created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Any UK law on cycle helmets should apply only to kids

Any law to make the wearing of cycle helmets mandatory in the UK should apply only to children, because the evidence that cycle helmets significantly protect adults against serious head injury is equivocal, conclude researchers ...

Health created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trauma study is first to show how cyclists are injured and killed on city streets

A study by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London and Barts and The London NHS Trust proves that HGVs pose the greatest risk of death and serious injury to cyclists.

Health created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Australia: Helmets off to legislation

Cycling levels in Sydney could more than double if laws forcing cyclists to wear helmets were repealed, according to new research published today in the Health Promotion Journal of Australia.

Health created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

City cyclists are at increased risk from lung injury from inhaled soot

People who cycle through London and other major cities have higher levels of black carbon in their airway cells, experts from the UK have shown.

Health created Sep 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cycling fast: vigorous daily exercise recommended for a longer life

A study conducted among cyclists in Copenhagen, Denmark1 showed that it is the relative intensity and not the duration of cycling which is of most importance in relation to all-cause mortality and even more pronounced for ...

Health created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

When it comes to warm-up, less is more

New study in the Journal of Applied Physiology suggests that low intensity warm-ups enhance athletic performance.

Other created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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