News tagged with sports science


Smartphones as mini medical labs is a smart idea

(Medical Xpress)—Imagine your smartphone becoming a mobile medical laboratory that records and sends data for a range of research. That will soon be a reality thanks to the expertise and impatience of a ...

Medical research created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

High-testosterone competitors more likely to choose red

Why do so many sports players and athletes choose to wear the color red when they compete? A new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that it may ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New study: Running mechanics, not metabolism, are the key to performance for elite sprinters

Sprinters competing in the 2012 Olympics might assume their championship performance is the result of their fuel-efficient physiology.

Other created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Get fit post-Olympics in just 60 seconds, say researchers

(Medical Xpress)—A new paper published this month by researchers at the University of Abertay Dundee suggests that anyone inspired to get fit by the Olympics and Paralympics can do so in just 60 seconds.

Health created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breastfeeding study finds need for iodine

(Medical Xpress)—A study involving researchers from Murdoch University, Curtin and Flinders universities has examined the use of nutritional supplements by pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and found potential ...

Pediatrics created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exercise plays key role in managing obesity: study

(Medical Xpress) -- In spite of recent media reports suggesting that exercise may not be useful in obesity management, overweight and obese people should not be discouraged from taking it up, according to ...

Health created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2