Psychology & Psychiatry
College athletes found to experience high rates of mental health stigma
College athletes playing this fall have spent months practicing and preparing for the season.
Sep 8, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How COVID affected student-athletes
There's no doubt that COVID-19 wreaked havoc on Americans' mental health. In 2022, the World Health Organization reported anxiety and depression increased by 25% worldwide in the first year of the pandemic. A 2021 study published ...
Jun 22, 2023
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Radiology & Imaging
New tool may help spot 'invisible' brain damage in college athletes
An artificial intelligence computer program that processes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can accurately identify changes in brain structure that result from repeated head injury, a new study in student athletes shows. ...
May 30, 2023
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Neuroscience
Effects of repetitive head trauma on symptoms of sports-related concussion
In an effort to understand the effects of multiple sport-related head injuries, researchers from the Department of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City evaluated a large multicenter ...
May 9, 2023
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Addiction
'Drinking isn't an option, it's more of a requirement': High alcohol consumption among some student athletes
Binge drinking is commonplace in university sport. Students who play sport drink more heavily and frequently than other students. Research that surveyed students in England found that 62% of student sportspeople reported ...
Apr 4, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
When college athletes kill themselves, healing the team becomes the next goal
In the weeks after Stanford University soccer goalie Katie Meyer, 22, died by suicide last March, her grieving teammates were inseparable even when not training.
Mar 29, 2023
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Addiction
Sports team participation linked to increased odds of vaping
Youth sports team participation is associated with increased odds of electronic vapor product (EVP) use, according to a study published online Dec. 12 in Pediatrics.
Dec 12, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Returning to football after COVID-19 infection
A first-of-its-kind study conducted in collaboration with LSU's School of Kinesiology, LSU Athletics, Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Our Lady of the Lake researched how the immune system of elite student-athletes ...
Aug 30, 2022
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Help with sports injuries
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am an athletic director at a middle school, and a new school year is almost here. I anticipate seeing an increase in sports-related injuries from soccer, football, cheerleading, flag football and other ...
Aug 17, 2022
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Health
Transgender youth treatment under fire in Florida again
Florida health officials have asked the state medical board to draft new policies that would likely restrict gender dysphoria treatments for transgender youth as the state amps up its ongoing attacks on the treatments amid ...
Jun 4, 2022
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