Tackling Sports Physicals: Preparing To Play

Tackling Sports Physicals: Preparing To Play
While seemingly invincible teenage athletes at the height of good health and fitness aren’t likely candidates for doctor’s visits, even the fit need to visit a physician before practice. Sports physicals, often called pre-participation sports examinations, are key to making sure athletes are healthy enough to play and avoiding tragic occurrences, like sudden cardiac death, says a Saint Louis …

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New system to help asthmatics gets approval by FDA

New system to help asthmatics gets approval by FDA
People with severe asthma are getting a radically different treatment option: A way to snake a wire inside their lungs and melt off some of the tissue that squeezes their airways shut.But the Alair system, rolling out this month, offers the first method of altering spasm-prone airways.”It does seem to improve your ability to live with your asthma,” says Dr. Michael Silver of Chicago’s Rush …

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Multivitamin and mineral supplements improve mood, mental performance in healthy males: Study

Multivitamin and mineral supplements improve mood, mental performance in healthy males: Study
The effects of multivitamins are most often researched in the elderly. This is one of very few studies to assess the relationship between supplementation with vitamins/minerals and psychological functioning in healthy groups of non-elderly adults. This study shows how a proprietary multivitamin and mineral supplement improves mood and mental performance while also reducing stress, mental …

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