Peruse any women's magazine, and you'll likely find advice on how to boost workouts. But what many don't realize is that the research behind most exercise advice is based almost entirely on men. Female subjects are excluded ...
Jan 27, 2023
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In the first-ever study of its kind, San Francisco State University and California State University, Fullerton researchers found that elite women weightlifters have the same amount—and in some cases more—of the muscle ...
Mar 27, 2019
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It may be hard to remember a time when it was uncommon for girls and women to play competitive sports, but it's not exactly ancient history. The 1972 passage of Title IX, which mandated equal access for women to participate ...
Feb 18, 2020
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A rise in the level of the male hormone testosterone significantly boosts young physically active women's capacity to run for longer, reveals the first study of its kind, published online in the British Journal of Sports ...
Oct 15, 2019
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Women athletes are twice as likely as men to get concussed—and the effects are more severe. But with research focusing mainly on men, what can we do to make sure women with concussion aren't left behind?
Dec 6, 2019
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Despite progress in gender equality in sport, 'structural sexism' is alive and well in the scheduling of major mixed-sex sporting fixtures, with women's match finals invariably considered the 'warm-up event' for men's, argue ...
Aug 30, 2022
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The edge. Every athlete, from the professional to the weekend warrior, strives to obtain that ever-elusive element that leads to victory—sometimes sparing no expense to get there.
Apr 17, 2020
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With schools starting back for the year, many young athletes are returning to sports—and with that comes the possibility of injuries, including concussions.
Aug 19, 2019
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Participation in sports by women and girls has increased from 310,000 individuals in 1971 to 3.37 million in 2010. At the same time, sports-related injuries among female athletes have skyrocketed. According to a new study ...
Jul 1, 2015
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Researchers at Kumamoto University, Japan, have generated mice lacking the estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) gene, both fiber-specific and muscle stem cell-specific, which resulted in abnormalities in the growth and regeneration ...
Oct 13, 2020
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