News tagged with sports health

Fitness products galore at gadget show

If your New Year's resolution was to get more exercise and you're slipping already how about a digital personal trainer?

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Education doesn't increase odds that minorities play 'high-status' sports

Black and Mexican American doctors and lawyers aren't any more likely to play "high-status" sports such as golf or tennis than less educated people within their racial-ethnic groups, and more educated blacks may actually ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sugary sports drinks mistakenly associated with being healthy: researchers

Children who practice healthy lifestyle habits such as eating fruits and vegetables and engaging in physical activity may be negatively impacting their health because they tend to consume large amounts of flavored and sports ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women want answers, but what questions should be asked?

One in two women in the United States will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in her lifetime. However, according to a review article published in the May 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Su ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Walking back to happiness

(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique exercise programme which has been proven to help women living with depression has been unveiled by researchers from The University of Nottingham.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Parents' endorsement of vigorous team sports increases children's physical activity, say researchers

Parents who value strenuous team sports are more likely to influence their children to join a team or at least participate in some kind of exercise, and spend less time in front of the TV or computer, a new study says.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Orthopaedic experts examine overhead

Baseball season is underway. With the pros, college and high school teams taking to the baseball diamonds and Little Leaguers soon to follow, orthopedic specialists at Rush University Medical Center are cautioning players ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wii Fit a promising tool for all ages

While some emerging technologies can create environments that require very little physical effort, one Kansas State University researcher thinks games like Nintendo's Wii Fit can help promote physical rather than sedentary ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0