The "choking game" has potentially deadly consequences, as players are challenged to temporarily strangle themselves by restricting oxygen to the brain. It sounds terrifying, but rough estimates suggest that about 10% of ...
Dec 25, 2024
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Being an athlete while also being a mother often comes with challenges. On top of their professional and parental duties, athlete mothers often contend with inequalities and media coverage that reinforces stereotypes.
Dec 24, 2024
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Chelsea Football Club revealed today that one of their players, Mykhailo Mudryk, has tested positive for a banned substance in a routine drug test.
Dec 18, 2024
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Last week's slaying of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson has brought renewed attention to the widespread dissatisfaction with the American health care system, even as prominent leaders have condemned the killing.
Dec 12, 2024
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Men commit suicide much more often than women. Those who want to live up to the traditional male image of strength and independence are particularly at risk. Prevention measures should focus more on them in future, according ...
Nov 29, 2024
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As the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games heated up this summer, it created a valuable opportunity to focus on individuals with physical disabilities.
Nov 26, 2024
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Just as a Formula 1 team wouldn't use shoddy fuel for their cars, elite athletes shouldn't eat poorly as they try to get the best out of themselves.
Nov 15, 2024
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We crafted our first rodent car from a plastic cereal container. After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a gas pedal. Before long, they ...
Nov 11, 2024
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Kevin Ochsner, a professor of psychology, uses brain scanning fMRI technology to investigate questions that social psychologists have traditionally studied using behavioral methods—lab studies and field studies that measure ...
Nov 5, 2024
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More than half of all people who experience sudden cardiac arrest outside of hospital don't receive immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). As a result, 9 out of 10 times they die. Yet it takes just 90 seconds to learn ...
Oct 16, 2024
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