Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Q&A: What can we learn from elite athletes about fitness and longevity?
Thirty-nine-year-old LeBron James is the oldest active NBA player but still one of the top players in the league.
Jan 24, 2024
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Health
It's okay to run slowly—in fact it has plenty of benefits, claims research
Runners are obsessed with time. Amateur or professional, for most avid runners the aim is to get faster—constantly training in order to shave even just a couple of seconds off their marathon time or 5K pace.
Jan 23, 2024
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Health
Why wellness is connected to the body's underappreciated connective tissue
If you're in pain or experiencing pain or limited mobility, you may suspect a problem with your muscles or joints.
Jan 23, 2024
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Neuroscience
Study finds no sex difference in concussion recovery among college athletes
A new large, national study of collegiate student-athletes in the United States dispels a long-held belief about concussions, finding that women and men recover from sport-related head injuries within the same time frame.
Jan 23, 2024
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Pediatrics
Injuries, burnout keep too many kids from sticking with sports: Report
Sports provides many physical and mental health benefits to children and teens, but many quit due to injury, overtraining and burnout.
Jan 22, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
More sport-based mental health interventions needed for young males
Sports-based interventions show great promise in supporting positive change in mental health outcomes—but few mental health interventions have specifically targeted young males in sport settings, and Flinders University ...
Jan 22, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Aerobic exercise could help fight liver diseases, animal study suggests
According to a study conducted on animal models and published in the journal Metabolism, aerobic exercise could help fight non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the most common liver disease worldwide: it affects nearly 24% ...
Jan 22, 2024
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Health
Good and bad news for people with low back pain
Low back pain is a major cause of disability around the globe, with more than 570 million people affected. In the United States alone, health care spending on low back pain was $134.5 billion between 1996 and 2016, and costs ...
Jan 22, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
British Gymnastics' new rules on weighing athletes—a sticking plaster solution
On November 29 2023, British Gymnastics (BG) released a new policy banning coaches from weighing gymnasts. The governing body's CEO, Sarah Powell, described the new rule as a "significant and positive step forward for the ...
Jan 22, 2024
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Overweight & Obesity
All that sitting at work is shortening your life
Your office chair could be a killer.
Jan 19, 2024
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