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- 1From:Nature Medicine (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedMarijuana is so widely sold in Vancouver, the host of this year's Winter Olympic Games, that the city has earned the nickname 'Vansterdam'. But Olympic officials will be on the lookout for other sorts of drugs this...
- 2From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness WeekThe American Society of Pain Educators (ASPE) announces the launch of an educational Webcast series on chronic pain with leading health specialists and Olympic Games gold medalist and chronic pain sufferer, Nikki Stone....
- 3From:Proceedings: International Symposium for Olympic ResearchOn February 24, 2006, the Canadian men's curling team competed for Olympic gold in Pinerolo, Italy. The team included two members from the island of Newfoundland, two from Labrador, and one resident of New Brunswick....
- 4From:Medical World News (Vol. 33, Issue 7)Some experts believe that Olympic athletes will use blood-doping techniques that involve injecting either their own previously extracted blood or the hormone erythropoietin to enhance performance. Tests can identify only...
- 5From:Journal of Lipids (Vol. 2017) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction. Supplementation of Omega-3 fatty acids (n-3FA) in athletes is related to the anti-inflammatory and/or antioxidant effect and consequently its action on all the processes of tissue restoration and...
- 6From:Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies (Vol. 18) Peer-ReviewedThe modern Olympic Games are the world's largest sporting event, drawing more participants and attracting more spectators from more diverse places worldwide than any other sporting competition. The Olympic Games are...
- 7From:Journal of Sport Behavior (Vol. 22, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWe investigated changes in the Japanese perception of foreign nations due to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and identified variables affecting these changes, through a panel stud)' of Japanese undergraduate students....
- 8From:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (Vol. 21, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedObjective To describe the frequency and the distribution of degenerative disc disease (DDD) detected in athletes who underwent spine MRI in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Methods Data on spine MRI...
- 9From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 22, Issue 48) Peer-ReviewedOlympic gold medallist Sebastian Coe, the driving force behind London's successful bid to host the 2012 games, says the event will inspire many people to do more sport and exercise - and so improve their health....
- 10From:CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 179, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIt is almost 20 years since the Ben Johnson scandal at the Olympics in Seoul, Korea, drew attention to the issue of doping. Have we made progress since then in addressing this important sport and public health concern?...
- 11From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 20, Issue 8)SAN JOSE, CALIF. Thirty-five years after sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos bowed their heads and raised their fists on the Olympic podium in a Black power salute, students at their alma mater want to honor their...
- 12From:The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer (Vol. 32, Issue 3)The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, viewed as a triumph for Russian President Vladimir Putin for both landing the Games in Sochi and building a destination from scratch, can also be seen as a cautionary tale for future...
- 13From:The Chariton Review (Vol. 35, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedTRANSLATED BY KATHLEEN MCGOOKEY She's the one who laughed in stride when she pulled away from the group of runners, with her charm, her delicacy, her strength, to arrive first in the hundred meters, and who fell...
- 14From:Occupational Health (Issue 394) Peer-ReviewedOH practitioners should look to translate the triumphs of Team GB into improved health and physical activity in the workplace. Dr Richard Preece Occupational health specialist and physician The sporting...
- 15From:Croatian Medical Journal (Vol. 50, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe emblem of the Olympic Games is composed of 5 interlocking, colored (blue, yellow, black, green, and red) rings on a white field. It was designed in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern...
- 16From:Proceedings: International Symposium for Olympic ResearchThe aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes of Olympic athletes toward the role of the IOC Athletes Commission. The author gathered data from German (n= 125) and Brazilian (n= 42) Olympic athletes. Brazilians...
- 17From:Massage Today (Vol. 8, Issue 9)Anna Gammal has spent the past 10 years specializing in sports massage and dedicating her life's work and focus to serving competitive athletes. A former 10,000-meter national champion in her native homeland of Greece,...
- 18From:Revista Brasileira de Nutrição Esportiva (Vol. 2, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedThe study aimed to characterize the anthropometric profile among high level Brazilian swimmers. Thirty athletes, 15 men (20.5 [+ or -] 2.3 years; 84.2 [+ or -] 8.3 kg; 188 [+ or -] 6 cm) and 15 women (21.9 [+ or -]...
- 19From:Diagnostic ImagingByline: C.P. Kaiser Athletes weren't the only ones going for the gold during the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City in February. Behind the scenes at the Olympic Polyclinic, top radiology professionals from across the...
- 20From:Scholastic Update (Vol. 124, Issue 16) Peer-ReviewedMichelle Campi hopes to compete in the 1992 Olympics. She is learning discipline, focus and goal setting, but her rigorous training schedule can be very stressful. Only six spots plus an alternate are open to several...