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Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Exercising after breakfast curbs blood sugar spikes and appetite in women

Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that in healthy females, a post-meal rise in blood sugar was lower if they waited until after breakfast to exercise.

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Electrifying your workout can boost muscles' mass and strength, study finds

If building strength and muscle mass is part of your New Year's Resolution, you may want to add a new routine to your workout.

Health

7 surprising ways to make 2025 healthy

Some standard health tips are timeless, aren't they? The basics of living a healthy life don't really change. Get lots of sleep and rest, exercise, and nutrient rich food. Manage stressors and symptoms.

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Changing the narrative about athlete mothers' comeback stories

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.

Health

What running the length of Africa does to the body

A 27-year-old British man has recently accomplished the astonishing feat of running the length of Africa. Russ Cook, from Worthing, West Sussex, set out on his 16,000km (9,940 miles) run on 22 April 2023. The journey from ...

Cardiology

A growing understanding of the link between movement and health

A century ago, people threw medicine balls and did calisthenics to stay fit. Then came the hula hoop, vibrating belts and aerobics. People sweated to the oldies with Richard Simmons and felt the burn with Jane Fonda, before ...

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Call for parents and youth sport coaches to get on the same page

Parents and youth sport coaches need to have positive relationships to foster positive sporting experiences and enable young people to reach their sporting potential—but there's currently no clear direction about the best ...

Addiction

Femoral nerve block cuts opioid use in ACL reconstruction

For patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, a femoral nerve block (FNB) is associated with a lower incidence of excessive opioid consumption than adductor canal block (ACB), according to a study ...

Surgery

Review compares analgesic interventions after shoulder surgery

The average pain trajectories after shoulder surgery vary with different analgesic interventions, according to research presented at the 49th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, held from March ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

A friendly pat on the back can improve performance in basketball

A free throw in basketball will have every eye glued to one person. It's an intensely stressful situation. A research team led by the University of Basel studied whether a friendly tap on the shoulder increases the odds of ...

Genetics

Regular exercise prevents DNA damage with aging

Regular aerobic exercise later in life prevents genomic instability characterized by DNA damage and telomere dysfunction, according to a study from the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. Researchers ...