Racehorses, asthmatics, meatpackers may have similar etiology of airway disturbances
...o more serious conditions later. Similarly, both athletes and horses seem open to infection after such stren...e that could link the problems suffered by horses, athletes and cold-air workers that potentially could lead to progress in understanding the development and pe...CyberWalk - unconstrained walking in virtual worlds
...s to historical sites or help improve training for athletes in virtual environments. The CyberWalk project is supported by the European Union with 1.7 million Euro for the duration of three years. For the creation of so-called "virtual worlds", towns, scenes and situations are reconstructed as lifelike as po...Low oxygen likely made 'Great Dying' worse, greatly delayed recovery
...and and a reduced supply. It would be like forcing athletes to exercise more but giving them less food. They'd be in trouble." Ward was lead author of a paper published in Science earlier this year presenting evidence that extinction rates of land vertebrates were elevated throughout the late Permian, likely...Altering steroid receptor genes creates fat burning muscle
...ng weight even when they are not exercising. But athletes do it through long periods of intensive training, an approach unavailable to patients whose weight or medical problems prevent them from exercise. Dr. Evans believes activating the PPARd pathway with drugs (one such experimental drug already is in d...Positive air pressure chamber started with patients quickly after surgery
...ve air pressure, making each step heavier, just as athletes sometimes train by wearing ankle weights.) The study presented by Dr. Cutuk at Experimental Biology 2005 found that standing, walking, and exercising on the treadmill while the lower body is at high positive pressure is safe. When nine healthy male a...Vampire bats keep out of trouble by running
... vampire bats had to prey on faster South American athletes such as the agouti, a rodent about the size of a hare, which might wake up and take a swipe at the nocturnal visitor. It remains unclear exactly what the native prey were before the introduction of cattle, he adds. The Cornell zoologists plan to go ...Weizmann Institute scientists discover how substitutions are made for injured genes
...if the team were made up of genes, they might pull athletes who can play a little football in a pinch from nearby basketball or rugby teams. Their findings were published in the March issue of Nature Genetics. Dr. Yitzhak (Tzachi) Pilpel and graduate students Ran Kafri and Arren Bar-Even, of the Institute's ...Helping the body heal itself: Regenerative medicine to be discussed at UH
...of ailments, tissue engineering is already helping athletes who suffer from various sports injuries. Polak's visit is sponsored by the Texas/United Kingdom Collaborative Research Initiative, a program supported by the British government with the aim of stimulating interactions between researchers from part...Heart specialists call for cardiovascular screening for all young competitive athletes
...e cardiovascular screening programme for all young athletes before they are allowed to take part in competitiv...tentially life-threatening problems that put young athletes at risk and to cut the numbers collapsing and dying while participating in competitive sport. A Euro...Green tea extract boosts exercise endurance 8-24%, utilizing fat as energy source
...d humans.) In an era when professional and amateur athletes are always looking for ways to improve performance, and most people want to improve their health and exercise capabilities, "the efficacy of dietary interventions is still controversial," the authors acknowledge. They note that green tea and cacao co......or skills are damaged by stroke, and suggests that athletes and dancers could continue to mentally train while they are physically injured. In the UCL study, dancers from the Royal Ballet and experts in capoeira - a Brazilian martial arts form - were asked to watch videos of ballet and capoeira movements bein...Your brain and you: Forecasting the ethical challenges ahead for neuroscience and society
...e twinges of depression. In a world that now sees athletes enhancing their muscles for competition, what happens when pharmaceuticals or even electronic brain enhancements become the necessary edge for students and workers? "One problem with brain enhancement, if it becomes widespread, is that puts pressure ...Hummingbirds lose power at high altitudes
...ing ability with altitude, not unlike that seen in athletes competing at high elevations. What this means for hummingbirds is less reserve power for the bursts of flight needed to chase off competitors or escape from predators, said researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Californi...Injectable gel could speed repair of torn cartilage
...lage, a common sports injury, and may help injured athletes return to competition sooner. The technique uses t...edier once the technique is optimized. For injured athletes anxious to resume their career, the new material could make a difference. The National Instit...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
...t helps designers improve their products, enabling athletes to reach new, higher levels of performance. It also can dispel longstanding misconceptions in sports. New research suggests that the spot on a baseball bat that feels the best to a hitter (i.e., transmits the least vibration to the hands) may not r...Stanford cooling tool may improve performance of athletes, soldiers
...g blood into them. The technology was used by some athletes during training for the Olympic Games in Athens, a..., such as multiple sclerosis, and as a way to cool athletes during exercise training. They found that when people used their cooling device during anaerobic exe...