Athletes

Even very protective parents may urge their young athlete to practice too hard, risking injury and taking the fun out of sports. An ethicist offers cautionary advice.  

Sudden cardiac death is a tragic complication of several underlying heart diseases.1 In young people (<35 years), particularly athletes, genetic heart diseases such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are a major cause.2 Few question the importance of developing effective measures to help prevent sudden cardiac deaths in athletes worldwide, but much controversy exists about whether preparticipation screening of athletes is effective in reducing risk .  

Sudden cardiac death of young athletes needs to be avoided but does screening really help? Hans Van Brabandt and colleagues look at the evidence  

Everyone agrees that sudden cardiac death should be avoided in young athletes, but two new reports take divergent views on whether preparticipation screening can accomplish this.  

Global DRO provides athletes and physicians information on prohibited status of medications based on the current WADA Prohibited List.  

ECG screening in athletes, warfarin for AF, sugar-sweetened beverages, CT-induced cancer treatment costs, and night-shift work are the topics discussed by John Mandrola in this week’s podcast.  

A new study compares the return to play rates between operative and nonoperative treatment for lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus.  

WHO on Zika virus and the Olympics. Athletes and visitors are seeking more information on the risks of Zika and ways to prevent infection while attending the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016.  

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the knee can be injured during sporting activities, particularly when an athlete pivots suddenly.  

A call by a leading public health expert to cancel this summer’s Olympic Games in Brazil for fear of accelerating a global spread of the Zika virus has been quelled by new World Health Organization guidance, which backs travel but advises athletes and visitors to take simple steps to manage health risks.  

A call by a leading public health expert to cancel this summer’s Olympic Games in Brazil for fear of accelerating a global spread of the Zika virus has been quelled by new World Health Organization guidance, which backs travel but advises athletes and visitors to take simple steps to manage health risks.  

A new report takes a detailed look at the risks athletes face if they train or compete while pregnant - and it turns out there simply aren't many.  

The collar compresses the jugular vein, increasing blood volume in the cranium and reducing the brain slosh that occurs during traumatic brain injury in contact-sport athletes, new research shows.  

A new report takes a detailed look at the risks athletes face if they train or compete while pregnant - and it turns out there simply aren't many.  

At what level can female athletes safely continue exercise and sporting activities during pregnancy and the preconception period? Find out what the experts have to say.  

New research attempting to calculate the risk of the Zika virus at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro may reassure organizers and many of the more than 500,000 athletes and fans expected to travel to the epicenter of the epidemic.  

What are the predominant causes of sudden cardiac death in athletes?