Genetics
Seeking better treatment for ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease
There is currently no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). But new research could open up avenues for better diagnosis and more effective treatment.
Oct 29, 2019
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Jump test tool to predict athletic performance
Researchers studying the impact of fatigue on athletic performance have developed prototype software that can enable coaches to predict when elite athletes will be too fatigued to perform at their best.
Jul 10, 2019
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Health
Weight-free strength training
(HealthDay)—You don't have to go to the gym for a strength-training workout. With these three moves, your own body weight provides the resistance needed to develop key muscles.
May 13, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
'Jumping genes' drive many cancers
Mistakes in DNA are known to drive cancer growth. But a new study, from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, heavily implicates a genetic phenomenon commonly known as "jumping genes" in the growth of tumors.
Apr 1, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers measure readiness potential outside a laboratory for the first time
Immediately before a person decides to launch themselves off a bridge for a bungee jump, there is a measurable increase in their brain activity. This can be recorded nearly one second before the person makes the conscious ...
Mar 1, 2019
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
The science of parkour, the sport that seems reckless but takes poise and skill
People climbing up walls and jumping off buildings in films such as Brick Mansions, Assassin's Creed, and Casino Royal aren't tricks of cinema.
Feb 11, 2019
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Pediatrics
More severe injuries sustained at jump parks versus home trampolines
(HealthDay)—The proportion of fractures/dislocations, lower-extremity fractures, fractures in adults, and surgical interventions is higher for injuries associated with jump parks versus home trampolines, according to a ...
Jan 30, 2019
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Health
Jump into plyometrics—the exercises to power muscles
(HealthDay)—Plyometrics isn't a new technique, but it's getting renewed attention because of its value as a training tool, the American Council on Exercise explains.
Nov 8, 2018
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Cardiology
AHA: amid world series celebration, teacher saved by a stranger
Lee Matzeder's heart was racing and his chest felt tight during the Kansas City Royals' World Series victory parade in downtown Kansas City in 2015.
Mar 19, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What happens in the brain before a bungee jump?
Surjo R. Soekadar, psychiatrist and neuroscientist at the University of Tübingen, and his doctoral candidate Marius Nann have for the very first time succeeded in measuring the readiness potential, outside a laboratory and ...
Jan 29, 2018
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