Category: exercise

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Ryan Clark of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers, shown here in a file photo, had to sit out a playoff game in Denver because his sickle-cell trait can be exacerbated at high altitude.
The American Society of Hematology says it doesn’t think student athletes should have to be screened for sickle-cell trait in order […]

MEwens
The Health Blog’s chief safety worry about running has always been evading the cellphone-wielding drivers making right turns with no regard to who might be in the crosswalk.
But anecdotal reports of deaths during marathons and half-marathons over the past few years have raised public concern over whether running — or at least racing […]

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Antibiotics in Livestock: The FDA said it will ban the use of antibiotics called cephalosporins to prevent disease in livestock, though the drugs can still be used to treat illnesses in the animals, the WSJ reports. The agency — and other experts — are concerned that over- or misuse of the drugs can […]

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Infant Formula Test Results: The FDA and CDC said late Friday that tests of factory-sealed Mead Johnson infant formula pulled from some store shelves after a Missouri infant died from a rare infection showed no traces of bacterial contamination, the WSJ reports. The agencies said there was no need for a recall of […]

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Questioning the Use of a Genetic Test: A review of previously published research appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that a genetic test for patients taking the anti-clotting drug Plavix doesn’t identify people at greater risk for a heart attack or other cardiac event, the WSJ reports. The FDA, […]

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Former Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association Billy Hunter and NBA Commissioner David Stern announcing a tentative labor agreement on Nov. 26.
The NBA is set to return — on Christmas Day — after its well-chronicled labor dispute.
Will that lead to a rash of player injuries in a shortened training camp? (The […]

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Managing HIV: New CDC research shows that the majority of patients with HIV in the U.S. aren’t receiving medications and care necessary to control the virus enough to prevent them from passing it to others or impacting their own health, partly because some don’t know they’re infected, the WSJ reports. Only about 28% […]

Katherine Hobson
Physically fit older men and women show fewer age-related changes in their brains, new research shows, buttressing medical evidence that regular exercise can preserve key parts of the brain involved in attention and memory.
By analyzing aerobic fitness and neural differences, researchers at the University of Arizona found a clear relationship between exercise […]

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Yoga for Back Pain: A 228-person study finds yoga and stretching to be equally effective for relieving low back pain, the WSJ reports. The research, funded by the NIH, suggests yoga’s pain-relief benefits come from its physical component rather than any deep breathing or other mental relaxation elements, the study’s lead author tells […]

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Listeria Deaths Confirmed: The CDC has confirmed that 13 deaths and 72 illnesses are tied to listeria-tainted cantaloupes sold by a single farm in Colorado, the WSJ reports. More victims may emerge, the CDC said. Consumers should throw out cantaloupes that may have come from Jensen Farms, which recalled the fruit Sept. 14. […]