Football is a pain in the neck
...British Journal of Sports Medicine, football beats hockey and soccer for the dubious distinction of the spor...l cord injury sustained during a match. "Football, hockey and soccer are three of the most popular contact sports in North America," says Dr. Scott Delaney--R...Mayo Clinic creates 'Office of the Future'
...s want to discuss an idea with him, they both grab hockey sticks and fire rubber balls at a wall target as they talk. Dr. Levine says his NEAT office can be modified to any work need and easily constructed in a short time. He says the cost of the changeover will be paid many times over by the benefits of a ...Body checking found to cause few youth hockey injuries
...lling into the boards cause more injuries in young hockey players than the practice of body checking, resear...ation medicine, is lead author. Legal checking in hockey is defined as hitting with the shoulder or trunk a player who has the puck or who has just passed th...Neuroendocrinology Congress June 1922 to report new research on brain, hormones, behavior
...en. Meanwhile, Canadian researchers, who studied a hockey team for an entire season, will report that winning at home is correlated with elevated levels of testosterone and the stress hormone cortisol. Only recently discovered, a small protein in the brain known as neuropeptide S has been found to induce ...The brain, hormones and behavior focus of briefings at international meeting June 19-22
... edge. In another study, Canadian researchers find hockey players produce more cortisol when defending home ice. But what if your opponent is your spouse? A team of Swiss and American investigators report that a nasal spray with the hormone oxytocin can reduce stress during marital conflict. As of yet, ther...Studies of married couples, soccer and hockey teams focus on brain's response to stress
...s' findings and two others, one involving Canadian hockey players and the other looking at how the brain is ...nto the "home advantage" phenomenon studied an ice hockey team over the course of a season, measuring testosterone and cortisol levels before and after each g......ers of fans that do not wear hearing protection to hockey games, thousands are at risk for hearing damage," ...ul. "The risk of hearing loss for those who attend hockey games frequentlyseason ticket holders, workers in the arena, hockey players themselveswarrants serio...