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Pediatrics

Screens that do good: How digital tools can help kids and teens stay healthy

Mobile phones and endless screen time are the bane of parents the world over. But while technology is often blamed for poor health in children and teenagers, new University of South Australia research suggests that the same ...

Sleep disorders

Early morning practices linked to less and lower-quality sleep in college athletes

A study using more than 27,000 sleep records of collegiate athletes provides the best evidence to date that early morning team practices take a toll on healthy sleep.

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Why morning exercise feels so hard

Your alarm goes off. Somehow you manage to get dressed, drag yourself to the gym, and start squatting.

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Microfluidic sensors enable real-time sweat analysis

Eccrine sweat is a water-like fluid secreted by eccrine sweat glands that comprises various kinds of biochemical components such as electrolytes, metabolites, organic molecules, and drugs. The quantitative measurement of ...

Neuroscience

Blood markers linked to post-concussion symptoms in teens

Levels of certain biomarkers in the blood are associated with symptom severity during recovery from concussion in adolescents—with some significant differences between male and female patients, reports a study in the Journal ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Exercise reduces risk of common postpartum pelvic floor problems

Targeted pelvic floor muscle training in the first year postpartum significantly reduces the risk of two common pelvic floor disorders, according to a study that rewrites the longstanding narrative that these disorders are ...

Neuroscience

Q&A: How sports-related concussions affect reaction times

When playing sports, it's important to remember: Brains don't have seat belts. When rapid acceleration or deceleration of the brain inside the skull occurs with a blow to the head, a concussion happens, which in some cases ...

Health

Should young people take creatine?

Creatine is one of the most widely used sports supplements across the world. It's taken by many in the hopes of boosting strength, enhancing athletic performance and promoting muscle growth.

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 ...