Lindsey Vonn wiped out in a downhill race on Jan. 30. She got up limping, then was airlifted from the course. The diagnosis: a ruptured ACL — a…
Read more How Lindsey Vonn can compete with a ruptured ACLNewswise — Chicago, IL, November 27, 2023 – Some year-round runners dread plunging temperatures, but according to recent research, the benefits of running in the cold weather outweigh…
Read more Benefits of running in the cold outweigh warm weather runningBYLINE: Myra Wright Newswise — WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The top priority for everyone in Wake Forest Athletics is safety and through an innovative and enhanced partnership with Atrium Health Wake…
Read more Wake Forest Athletics Announces Enhanced Partnership with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Wake Forest University School of MedicineNewswise — After a rare view inside the world of professional sports and orthopedic medicine through a clinical rotation with the Houston Texans this summer, Analisa Narro, a…
Read more UTHealth Houston student shares key takeaways from clinical rotation with Houston TexansNewswise — At LifeBridge Health Physical Therapy in collaboration with NovaCare Rehabilitation, individuals are discovering new and unexpected ways that physical therapy can transform their quality of life. “The…
Read more Advances in Physical Therapy Offer Unexpected Paths to RecoveryNewswise — Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyMillions of people in the US are concussed every year playing sports. Players of games like American football are at particularly high…
Read more Advanced helmets aim to prevent football concussionsNewswise — Athletes from less affluent countries need more education on health to prevent injuries during hard training. But, paradoxically, more knowledge can also increase the risk of…
Read more Inequality in International Athletics: A Closer LookTwo world-leading experts from the University of Portsmouth are available to offer advice and guidance on outdoor swimming as the weather improves. While there are anecdotal claims of…
Read more Experts available to offer advice and guidance on outdoor swimming as weather improvesNewswise — The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) announced that the 2023 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting will feature an exclusive Fireside Chat with Roger Goodell, Commissioner, National…
Read more Roger Goodell, Commissioner, National Football League, Joins the American Association of Neurological Surgeons for a Fireside Chat at the 2023 AANS Annual Scientific MeetingBYLINE: Jennifer Michalowski Newswise — University of Utah Health scientists have corrected abnormal heart rhythms in mice by restoring healthy levels of a protein that heart cells need…
Read more Step Forward in Gene Therapy to Treat Cause of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in AthletesNewswise — Former professional football players who reported experiencing concussion symptoms during their playing careers were found to perform worse on a battery of cognitive tests than non-players,…
Read more NFL players who experienced concussion symptoms during careers show reduced cognitive performance decades after retirementNewswise — PHILADELPHIA – Although the public had been alerted that this winter could be a potentially bad flu season, barely half of Americans said in January that…
Read more Flu vaccination rate holds steady but misinformation about flu and Covid-19 persistsNewswise — (Boston)—During the past 17 years, there has been a remarkable increase in scientific research concerning chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) with researchers at the BU CTE Center…
Read more Review strengthens evidence that repetitive head impacts can cause CTENewswise — Tokyo, Japan—In a recent study, researchers reviewed magnetic resonance images (MRI) of muscle injuries experienced by athletes during the Tokyo Olympic Games and found that when…
Read more Tears in Tokyo: Muscle–tendon injuries during Olympic competition can spell heartbreakThe device’s ease of use permits players to wear sam® for long periods discreetly, allowing athletes to attend class while maintaining 100% treatment compliance during recovery. Press Release…
Read more Sustained Acoustic Medicine Enables Student-Athletes to Recover in the Classroom While Meeting Their Academic ObligationsNewswise — Loyola Medicine sports medicine and cardiology experts are available to discuss the incident involving Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who suffered a cardiac arrest on the…
Read more Sports Medicine Experts Available to Discuss Damar Hamlin’s InjuryNewswise — One in four retired Olympians reported a diagnosis of osteoarthritis, the form of arthritis that causes changes in the joint and can lead to discomfort, pain…
Read more Quarter of former Olympians suffer from osteoarthritis, study saysLOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday rejected a claim by the widow of a former USC player who said the NCAA failed to protect him…
Read more Jury: NCAA not to blame in ex-USC football player’s deathNewswise — About The Study: In this cross-sectional study of the presence of fans at National Football League (NFL) home games during the 2020-2021 season, results indicated that fan…
Read more Association of NFL fan attendance with county-level COVID-19 incidence in 2020-2021 seasonEditor’s Note: Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, is the deputy dean at the School of Public Health at Brown University and a professor of emergency medicine at the University’s…
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