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Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Cooling garments can protect laborers in a hotter world

The world is getting hotter and hotter: 2024 was the hottest year on record, and 2025 is on track to come in a close second.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Does exercise really improve mental health?

Research often points to exercise as a good way to boost mental health, but a recent study from the University of Georgia suggests that it's not just physical movement that affects mental health. It's how, where and why you ...

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Efficient elastic tissues may hold the secrets to Olympic success

New research into the muscles of world-class athletes and performance artists has revealed that a small number of "general motor skills" raise these experts above regional-level and novice competitors, with interesting implications ...

Health

Why the L-carnitine sport supplement is controversial

Sport supplements are hard to get away from if you like to exercise regularly. Even if you're not interested in them, there's a good chance your gym will have posters extolling their virtues or your sporty friends will want ...

Health

Is one type of water better than another?

It's hot and you're thirsty, so you pop into a store to up your hydration levels. In the water aisle and in the coolers, you're confronted with a plethora of labels boasting benefits from specific types of water, like alkaline ...

Gerontology & Geriatrics

Mimicking the benefits of exercise with a single molecule

Capital Medical University, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, reports that betaine, a molecule produced in the kidney and enhanced through sustained exercise, operates as a potent inhibitor of inflammatory ...

Gerontology & Geriatrics

Slower arm movements linked to greater fall risk for older adults

When a person starts to lose their balance on a slippery surface, the natural reaction is to raise the arms to restore balance. Adults aged 65 and older may move their arms more slowly when slipping, which could increase ...