Skin problems rank among athletes' most common complaints, but there's little information available regarding dermatoses among Olympic athletes, according to new findings.
... 8% they are the most common chronic conditions among Olympic athletes, and could be related to intense training. In summer ... %, which makes these chronic conditions the most common among Olympic athletes. In fact, due to a significant increase ...
... recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH), which some athletes and teenagers use illegally to boost muscle and reduce ... and gender sensitive. "If you have an 18-year-old Olympic athlete and a 38-year-old ...
Olympic athletes aren't the only ones who need to be concerned about the heavily polluted air in Beijing. The dirty air ...
... . Poor air quality could pose problems for the Olympic athletes and hinder the performance of those competing outdoors in endurance sports, such as cycling and marathons. Since the main ...
Olympic athletes may benefit from today's high-tech training, but their gymnastics or wrestling performance probably pales in comparison to what early human ancestors could have pulled off.
... cross-cultural data gathered at the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In the first study of its ... the specific research goals. The photographer shot the athletes during and immediately after each match, ...
... to fortify foods has made its first appearance in the Olympics Games. Six thousand 32-gram ... antioxidants, was distributed to the approximately 750 U.S. Olympic athletes and 250 coaches as they boarded their flights ...
At least one Olympic athlete has found Beijing's air quality "better than expected." But despite improvements, the pollution level is far from healthy, experts say.
... , Misty May-Treanor and Lin Dan are four Olympic athletes who have each spent most of their life learning the skills needed to reach the top of their respective sports ...
... , Sting and Garbage. "We issued a release saying that over 40 [Olympic] athletes downloaded the album in an act of solidarity ... City-based group. Wohl says a majority of the athletes, which he refuses to name, got the album ...
... air pollution conditions could affect the performance of Olympic athletes, so he used Zoetrope to find daily records of pollution levels in Beijing and the number ...
... said, the end result was some of the most severe particulate pollution that Olympic athletes have dealt with in recent games. The levels ... or spectators to this pollution during the Olympic competition. "The athletes and visitors were only exposed for a very short time ...
Canada's Olympic team should receive the swine flu vaccine on a priority basis to prevent an outbreak at the Winter Games, according to the team's top medical officer.
Olympic athletes, who are barred from taking a number of everyday cold and flu medications, are obsessive about not becoming sick in the first place.
