Sitting at Work Not Hazardous to Your Health Adverse health outcomes including cancer and cardiovascular disease can't be blamed on prolonged occupational sitting, at least not until additional clarifying research is done, a systematic review concluded. Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:01:00 -0400
ESC: ECG Not Much Help for Screening Athletes' Hearts STOCKHOLM -- While hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common cause of sudden death in competitive soccer players, when pro players were screened for the problem with electrocardiography (ECG), all the positive results turned out to be false positives, according to a small study. Publ.Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:09:07 -0400
Football Takes Biggest Heat Toll in School Sports Two-thirds of all heat-related illnesses in high school athletes occurred during football practice, most of them in August, CDC researchers found. Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:46:15 -0400
Ornish, Pritikin Cleared for Medicare Payment Medicare will pay for intensive diet and exercise programs developed under the Ornish and Pritikin brands for reducing cardiovascular event risk, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced. Publ.Date : Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:41:37 -0400