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Asthma is the most common chronic disease among Olympic athletes
EurekAlert (press release) In summer and winter sports there is widespread suffering from asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) among athletes who take part in endurance sports. Its relatively late onset in many older athletes suggests to the experts that the years of … |
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Study identifies Olympic athletes with asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness
News-Medical.net Based on data from the last five Olympic games, a study by the University of Western Australia has identified those athletes with asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness. With a prevalence of around 8% they are the most common chronic conditions among … |
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Why asthma doesn't stop elite athletes
Globe and Mail If you're vying for gold in a sport that demands a lot of huffing and puffing, you'd think that asthma would be a pretty significant disadvantage. But if trends from recent Olympic Games hold true, about 700 of the 10000 athletes currently competing in … |
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Asthma and Olympic Athletes
NBC4 Washington They are, of course, the picture of health. But believe it or not, Olympic athletes are more prone to suffer from asthma than the general population. More than 20 percent of the U.S. Olympic team competing in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games reportedly … |
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London Pollution Could Affect Olympic Athletes' Performance
WIBW Demanding workouts in the polluted air could spell trouble particularly for those athletes that already have conditions such as asthma or exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), a narrowing of the airways that makes it hard to move air out of the … |
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Athletes With Asthma
dailyRx Based on the experiences of marathon runner Paula Radcliffe and other athletes, asthma is thought to be triggered by intense exertion over long periods of time. Radcliffe often publicly discusses her asthma experiences in order to encourage others to … |
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London pollution could affect Olympic athletes' performance
CNN (blog) Demanding workouts in the polluted air could spell trouble particularly for those athletes that already have conditions such as asthma or exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), a narrowing of the airways that makes it hard to move air out of the … Will London air sicken Olympic athletes? |
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Asthma doesn't have to mean game over for athletes
The State Journal-Register Lanphier High School basketball standout Larry Austin Jr. is doing what a doctor thought unlikely, given his asthma, which he has battled since he was 3 months … |
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Athletes with asthma increasing & many may be using wrong medication
ChicagoNow (blog) Oddly, a 2011 study showed that athletes with asthma have out performed those without the condition (since 2000). Additionally, in Great Britain there has been an increase in the number of elite athletes with asthma. The British Medical Journal … |
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Many Asthmatic Athletes May Not Be Using Best Therapy
Medical News Today Asthma is an extremely common condition amongst elite athletes; one of whom is marathon runner Paula Radcliffe. Since the 70s, the numbers of athletes suffering from asthma has gradually risen at almost every Olympics, and in 2004, nearly 21% of Team … Many Athletes with Asthma May be Using the Wrong Treatment |
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