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How to Exercise When It ’ s Really Hot Outside
For people in many parts of the U.S.—as well as large portions of the world—the phrase “record heat” has been a regular part of the recent forecast. While that doesn’t mean you have to move your favorite outdoor workout into the gym, you may need to do it a little differently. Here’s what experts recommend for staying safe and active outdoors. How hot is too hot to exercise outside? There’s no precise temperature at which it becomes unsafe to exercise. It comes down to individual factors, according to Melissa Kendter, a personal trainer, running coach, and functional training speci...
Source: TIME: Health - August 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized climate change Exercise & Fitness freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Coronavirus is Placing College Sports on Hold, Putting Students, University Budgets, and Entire Towns At Risk
On college football Saturdays, tiny Clemson, South Carolina (pop. 17,000), turns into a city of 150,000 when fanatics pour into downtown and swarm Memorial Stadium, home of the Tigers. Some don’t even have a ticket to the game, but they come with money to burn. “It’s well north of $2 million in economic impact per game,” says Susan Cohen, president of the Clemson Area Chamber of Commerce. Hotels sell out rooms at $400 a night; some shops bring in 50% of their year’s revenue during the seven home-game weekends. Add in massive broadcasting contracts and apparel deals that enrich schools directly...
Source: TIME: Health - August 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mark Kreidler / California Healthline Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 3403: Liability Determination of School Sports Injury Accidents: An Analysis Framework Based on Evolutionary Game
Li In recent years, the outbreak of many school sports injury accidents aroused widespread public concern about liability determination of accident. Previous studies have examined the legal application of the liability principles from a law perspective, but few kinds of research attempted to analyze the progress of liability determination from the perspective of “law economics”. To fill this research gap, we introduce the evolutionary game model, as an important theoretical tool of “law economics”, to investigate how various factors influence the strategy selecti...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - September 12, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Qing Lan Xiaojun Li Tags: Article Source Type: research

SARS-CoV-2 transmission in teenagers and young adults in F útbol Club Barcelona’s Multidisciplinary Sports Training Academy
Conclusion: Physical activities in stable teams are not related to an increased risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, since there were the same observed cases than expected in the community. The risk is higher in indoor sports (Basketball vs. Football), and in closed cohort living settings (RP1 vs. RP2). The fulfilment of preventive measures is essential.What is Known:• Despite the low numerical impact caused in paediatric hospitalizations during COVID-19 pandemic, the social impact has been maximum.• The transmission potential in children and teenagers is limited, and it had been widely demonstrated in school settings.W...
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - March 14, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research

Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the mental health in sports: a review
This report outlines the mental, emotional and behavioural consequences of COVID-19 home confinement. Further, research literature reported that due to the lack of required training, physical activity, practice sessions, and collaboration with teammates and coaching staff are the prime causes of mental health issues in athletes. The discussions also reviewed several pieces of literature which examined the impacts on sports and athletes, impacts on various countries, fundamental issues of mental health and the diagnosis for the sports person and athletes, and the afterlife of the COVID-1 9 pandemic for them. Because of the ...
Source: Sport Sciences for Health - April 20, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research

I-Team: Suspected Victims Of Meningitis Outbreak Sue NH Company
CONCORD, NH (CBS) – Suspected victims of the meningitis outbreak linked to New England Compounding Center are now suing the chain of New Hampshire pain clinics that gave them the drugs. Thirteen patients of PainCare clinics filed suit against the company Wednesday. They say they have been sick since being injected with contaminated pain medication manufactured at NECC. “You know something is going on. Something got into my body and is causing havoc on me,” says one of the plaintiffs, a woman who asked the I-Team to hide her identity. She believes that something is fungal meningitis, the result of a shot she recei...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health i-Team Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Dr. Michael O’Connell Lauren Leamanczyk Meningitis outbreak NECC New England Compounding Center Pain Care Clinics Source Type: news

Vermont Restricts Bars, Social Gatherings Amid Covid-19 Case Surge
MONTPELIER, VT (CBS) – After Vermont saw its highest daily number of coronavirus cases to date this week, Gov. Phil Scott announced new restrictions on social gatherings Friday, closing bars and clubs to in-person service and banning multiple-household gatherings, both inside and out. He also announced a pause of recreational sports leagues, outside of the Vermont Principal’s Association sanctioned sports. “I want to be clear: We’re in a new phase of this pandemic. The days of very low risk are over,” the Republican governor said. Many of the state’s clusters and outbreaks are traced to priv...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CBS Boston Tags: Closures Covid-19 Boston, MA News Syndicated CBSN Boston Coronavirus Vermont Source Type: news

IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 11915: Impact of Public Risk Perception in China on the Intention to Use Sports APPs during COVID-19 Pandemic
This study aims to fill the research gap in terms of the influence of risk perception on public behaviour in the context of emerging life states during global public health events, and to enrich the spectrum of risk perception theories. During the study, 1366 valid questionnaires were collected and analysed using hierarchical linear regression (HLR). The results show that risk perception, self-efficacy and social norms significantly influence the intention to use sports apps, and that the stronger the perception of the risk is, the higher the usage intention. Among the three factors, social norms during COVID-19 play a mod...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - September 21, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Peng Gu Hao Zhang Zeheng Liang Dazhi Zhang Tags: Article Source Type: research

New Choices For Seasonal Flu Vaccines
WebMD Health News By Brenda Goodman, MA Reviewed by Michael W. Smith, MD Sept. 17, 2013 — It’s fall. The kids are back at school, college football rivalries are in high gear, and — oh, yeah — it’s time to get a flu vaccine. In the past, flu protection basically boiled down to a choice between a shot or a sniff of a nasal spray. But this year there are new options. Some may protect you from additional strains of flu, while others make getting vaccinated a little easier. Read on to find out which may be best for you and your family. Trivalent Vaccines These are the traditional flu shots. They pr...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: WebMD News Source Type: news

Australian horse owners and their biosecurity practices in the context of Hendra virus
Publication date: Available online 28 September 2017 Source:Preventive Veterinary Medicine Author(s): Anke K. Wiethoelter, Nicole Schembri, Navneet K. Dhand, Kate Sawford, Melanie R. Taylor, Barbara Moloney, Therese Wright, Nina Kung, Hume E. Field, Jenny-Ann L.M.L Toribio In recent years, outbreaks of exotic as well as newly emerging infectious diseases have highlighted the importance of biosecurity for the Australian horse industry. As the first potentially fatal zoonosis transmissible from horses to humans in Australia, Hendra virus has emphasised the need to incorporate sound hygiene and general biosecurity practices ...
Source: Preventive Veterinary Medicine - September 29, 2017 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

What is BACM?
Discussion Leg pain in children has a broad differential diagnosis and includes more innocuous problems such as growing pains and transient synovitis but also more serious problems including neurological diseases or malignancy. Occult or self-limited trauma are also common causes. A review can be found here. Limping can be painful or painless and has its own differential diagnosis which can overlap with leg pain. A differential diagnosis for limping can be found here. Muscle weakness also has its’ own differential diagnosis which can be found here. Learning Point Benign acute childhood myositis (BACM) has other names...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 21, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

McDonald ’ s, Burger King, Five Guys Among Chains Given ‘ F ’ Over Antibiotics
(CBS News) — Twenty-two of the top 25 U.S. burger chains — including McDonald’s, Burger King, White Castle and Five Guys — received a failing grade in a review assessing their practices and policies on antibiotics use in their beef products. Only two chains were given an “A” rating. The scores were published Wednesday in a report called “Chain Reaction IV: Burger Edition,” which was produced by the Center for Food Safety, Consumer Reports, Food Animal Concerns Trust, U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Friends of the Earth, and Natural Resources Defense Council. The report says 22 chai...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 17, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Antibiotics Fast Food Local TV Source Type: news

Don ’ t Rely On A Negative Coronavirus Test To See Family For Thanksgiving
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health CNN Coronavirus Thanksgiving Source Type: news

Ain’t Just Imagination! Effects of Motor Imagery Training on Strength and Power Performance of Athletes during Detraining
Conclusions During periods of forced detraining, MI practice seems to be a viable tool to maintain and increase physical performance capacity among professional athletes.
Source: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise - October 17, 2021 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: APPLIED SCIENCES Source Type: research

Enhanced Surveillance for Sports Festival in Tokyo 2013: Preparation for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Abstract The enhanced surveillance was conducted during the Sports Festival in Tokyo 2013 (September 28-October 14, 2013), for early detection of outbreaks of infectious diseases and other health emergencies.Through this enhanced surveillance, there were 15 cases which required additional process for gathering information outside the routine process of creating/evaluating the Daily Report. However, none of the 15 cases was assessed as critical. Through the enhanced surveillance, we were able to structure a framework that allows for earlier response when detecting aberrations. It includes the role of the Tokyo Metr...
Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - January 20, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Shimatani N, Sugishita Y, Sugawara T, Nakamura Y, Ohkusa Y, Yamagishi T, Matsui T, Kawano M, Watase H, Morikawa Y, Oishi K Tags: Jpn J Infect Dis Source Type: research