Australia's Wake-Up Call - Obesity Costs Now At $58 Billion Type 2 Diabetes Crisis
A new Access Economics Report commissioned by Diabetes Australia has found that 3.71 million Australians are obese with a current estimated cost to the nation of $58 billion. The report titled “Growing economic costs of obesity in 2008″ reveals that there has been a 137% increase since 2005 in the number [...]
75 Percent Of Athletes' Parents Let Their Child Skip Exams For A Game
Three quarters of parents of young athletes let their child forgo an exam for an important game, a new study conducted at the University of Haifa has found. In comparison, only 47% of parents of young musicians will agree to their child choosing a performance over an exam. “Parents usually don’t understand their role in [...]
Australia's Wake-Up Call - Obesity Costs Now At $58 Billion Type 2 Diabetes Crisis
A new Access Economics Report commissioned by Diabetes Australia has found that 3.71 million Australians are obese with a current estimated cost to the nation of $58 billion. The report titled “Growing economic costs of obesity in 2008″ reveals that there has been a 137% increase since 2005 in the number [...]
75 Percent Of Athletes' Parents Let Their Child Skip Exams For A Game
Three quarters of parents of young athletes let their child forgo an exam for an important game, a new study conducted at the University of Haifa has found. In comparison, only 47% of parents of young musicians will agree to their child choosing a performance over an exam. “Parents usually don’t understand their role in [...]
Pre-school Age Exercises Can Prevent Dyslexia
Atypical characteristics of children’s linguistic development are early signs of the risk of developing reading and writing disabilities, or dyslexia. New research points to preventive exercises as an effective means to tackle the challenges children face when learning to read. The results achieved at the Centre of Excellence in Learning and Motivation Research were [...]
Extreme Competitive Sports - A Fitness Test For DNA
br> Unusually high levels of physical exertion do cause oxidative stress, but this does not result in any long-term damage to DNA. This is just one of the many outcomes revealed by an extraordinary research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund [...]
The Smart Way To Keep Athletes In Top Physical Condition
Medical care for athletes competing at the Beijing Olympics involves more than just basic emergency care during the events. Pre-treatment and a thorough understanding of sports trauma, physiology, cardiology and biochemistry are all a requisite to ensure that the world’s top athletes are able to compete, safely and at the highest levels.
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Biofeedback Contributes To Gold Medal Performance
When Abhinav Bindra took home the gold medal in the 10 metres air rifle event at the Beijing Olympics, he not only earned the first individual medal ever for India, he also demonstrated how biofeedback training can be an integral part of performance optimization at the highest level. Skills of a Shooter [...]
Predicting Injury Of Military Personnel And Athletes
MILITARY personnel and sporting professionals could soon be ensuring a far longer period of career success, thanks to a landmark study commissioned in Suffolk. The first ever randomised trial of its kind* has proven that injury rate among military professionals can be predicted and reduced, as a result of special technology. [...]
Attacking Heart Failure In The Young
Pediatric cardiology experts from around the world will gather at the Indiana University School of Medicine for the inaugural Riley Heart Center Symposium on Cardiac Development Sept. 8-9 at Riley Hospital for Children. The symposium, organized by the Riley Heart Research Center, is targeted to basic scientists, clinical cardiologists and heart surgeons, and [...]
