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Posted April 16, 2012:

• Football-Related Catastrophic Brain Injuries on the Rise

Posted April 12, 2012:

• Nearly 30 Percent of All College Athlete Injuries a Result of 'Overuse'

Posted March 29, 2012:

• Surprising Concussion Myths and Facts

Posted March 26, 2012:

• Skaters' Brains: Specialized Training of Complex Motor Skills May Induce Sports-Specific Structural Changes in Cerebellum

Posted March 22, 2012:

• Runner's High Motivated the Evolution of Exercise, Research Suggests
• Pediatricians Sound Alarm on Overuse Sports Injuries

Posted March 12, 2012:

• Delay in Surgery Can Cause Irreparable Meniscus Tears in Children With ACL Injuries

Posted February 29, 2012:

• Effects of a Concussion May Last Longer Than Symptoms

Posted February 27, 2012:

• Deaths Triple Among Football Players, Morning Temperatures Thought to Play a Role

Posted February 11, 2012:

• Pitchers: Elbow Position Not a Predictor of Injury

Posted February 7, 2012:

• Competitive Soccer Linked to Increased Injuries and Menstrual Dysfunction in Girls

Posted February 6, 2012:

• Women Have More Knee Ligament Injuries Than Men Due to Geometry, Not Gender

Posted February 2, 2012:

• Football Findings Suggest Concussions Caused by Series of Hits

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Many Strategies to Increase Physical Activity for Kids Lack Injury Prevention Measures
• How Well Does Protective Headgear Works for Small Children Participating in Winter Activities?

Posted January 19, 2012:

• 'Senior' Runners Never Stop Pushing Their Limits in Marathons

Posted January 13, 2012:

• Monitored Heart Bracelets May Prevent Sudden Death in Sport

Posted January 11, 2012:

• Participating in Marathons, Half-Marathons Not Found to Increase Risk of Cardiac Arrest

Posted January 9, 2012:

• Could Heading in Soccer Lead to Brain Injury? No Clear Link to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, So Far

Posted December 14, 2011:

• Caffeine Study Shows Sport Performance Increase

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Artificially Enhanced Athletes

Posted December 12, 2011:

• NCAA Mandatory Sickle Cell Screening Program Not Enough to Save Athletes' Lives, Study Finds

Posted December 7, 2011:

• Endurance Exercise Linked to Damage in Right Ventricle of Heart

Posted December 6, 2011:

• Concussion Testing Makes Everyone Tired

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Headaches After Traumatic Brain Injury Highest in Adolescents and Girls, Study Finds

Posted November 29, 2011:

• Frequent 'Heading' in Soccer Can Lead to Brain Injury and Cognitive Impairment

Posted November 16, 2011:

• New Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Common Elbow Fractures in Children

Posted November 14, 2011:

• Routine Head Hits in School Sports May Cause Brain Injury

Posted November 13, 2011:

• Few Doctors Follow Sudden Cardiac Death Screening Guidelines for Athletes, Survey Finds

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Former Football Players Prone to Late-Life Health Problems, Study Finds

Posted November 7, 2011:

• Neuromuscular Warm-Up Associated With Reduced Lower Extremity Injuries in Adolescent Female Athletes

Posted November 5, 2011:

• Vintage Leather Football Helmets Often as Protective as Modern Helmets in Common, Game-Like Hits

Posted October 31, 2011:

• Targeting Leg Fatigue in Heart Failure

Posted October 28, 2011:

• Manual Wheelchair Use, Exercise and Calorie Burning Examined
• OpenSim, Open-Source Software, Accurately Models Human Motion, Experts Say

Posted October 27, 2011:

• Older Men With Higher Testosterone Levels Lose Less Muscle Mass as They Age

Posted October 25, 2011:

• New Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Might Help Avoid Side Effects of Steroids

Posted October 19, 2011:

• False Starts Can Sneak by in Women's Sprinting, Analysis Finds

Posted October 17, 2011:

• Key to Avoiding Ankle Re-Injury May Be in the Hips and Knees
• Pushing the Limits of Performance

Posted October 16, 2011:

• Sports-Related Knee Injuries in Children Have Increased Dramatically Over the Past Decade

Posted October 5, 2011:

• Athletes' Winning Streaks May Not Be All in Our -- Or Their -- Heads

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Oral Steroids Linked to Severe Vitamin D Deficiency in Nationwide US Study
• Schoolboy Rugby: Risk of Suffering an Injury During a Single Season Can Be High, UK Study Shows

Posted September 26, 2011:

• Most Boys Simply Want an Average Physique
• People Hospitalized With Asthma 'Less Likely to Die from Swine Flu', Study Finds

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Dietary Supplements Could Make Athletes Unwitting Drugs Cheats

Posted September 13, 2011:

• New Data Tests the Exercise 'Talk Test'

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Running Backs Take Hardest Hits to the Head, Linemen Take the Most, U.S. College Football Study Finds

Posted September 3, 2011:

• Nearly Half of Runners May Be Drinking Too Much During Races

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