Tag: athletes

(HealthDay)—For U.S. collegiate athletes, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with a low prevalence of cardiac involvement, according to a study published online April 17 in Circulation. Nathaniel Moulson, M.D., from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues conducted a prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study to examine the prevalence, clinical characteristics,

Part of my job — and arguably one of the best parts of my job — is tracking Megan Rapinoe's hair color. Nearly as iconic as her soccer skills, the vibrant shade she's become known for made its debut in May 2019 at a U.S. Women's National Team match versus Mexico, and the captain has

Elite athletes are more likely to rise to the occasion after a failure if they keep potential unhelpful consequences of striving for perfection in check, according to a University of Alberta study, the first of its kind to investigate perfectionism and performance following failure in competitive athletics. “It can be helpful to seek perfection but

In the two years since the Korey Stringer Institute (KSI) first assessed all 50 states and the District of Columbia on key health and safety policies for high school athletes, 31 states have adopted new policies—16 this year alone. With more than 7.8 million high school students participating in sanctioned sports each year, the need

A Duke University research team has found a way to help sporting officials detect whether an athlete’s blood has been doped by an infusion of their own stored blood. While tests have been developed to detect two of the three most common methods of dramatically boosting the oxygen-carrying capacity of a competitor’s blood, so-called “autologous”

HALF of top athletes claim their high-carb diets are rotting their teeth and holding them back from gold medals! Winning athletes love to bite their gold medals and smile for the TV cameras  However, their teeth may actually be holding them back, according to a study The study looked at 350 athletes from nine Great