Sports Medicine
Rhabdomyolysis & Exertional Heat Stroke
20 Jul, 2017 | 00:03h | UTCAs Workouts Intensify, a Harmful Side Effect Grows More Common – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related practical review: Exercise-Induced Emergencies in the Heat: Rhabdomyolysis & Exertional Heat Stroke – emDocs (free)
Guideline: Female Athlete Triad
18 Jul, 2017 | 23:09h | UTCGuideline: Female Athlete Triad – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Recommendations and Conclusions (free)
Why are these countries the most obese?
18 Jul, 2017 | 00:04h | UTCWhy are these countries the most obese? Walking is just one reason – CNN (free) (RT @kamleshkhunti see Tweet)
Review: Supervised Treadmill Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease
13 Jul, 2017 | 20:44h | UTCReview: Supervised Treadmill Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Related guideline: 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary : A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines (free) AND Summary: AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease (free)
Large-scale physical activity data reveal worldwide activity inequality
12 Jul, 2017 | 16:02h | UTCLarge-scale physical activity data reveal worldwide activity inequality – Nature (link to abstract and free graphics – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: NIH-funded team uses smartphone data in global study of physical activity – NIH News Release (free) AND Do you live in the world’s laziest country? – BBC News (free)
“Big data in action! Scientists analyzed smartphone data from 700k+ ppl&100 countries to study physical activity” (RT @NIHDirector see Tweet)
Free Online Course – Science of Exercise
10 Jul, 2017 | 22:09h | UTCJust Started! Free Online Course. Science of Exercise – University of Colorado Boulder and Coursera
Association of Playing High School Football With Cognition and Mental Health Later in Life
8 Jul, 2017 | 20:22h | UTCEditorial: Reassuring News About Football and Cognitive Decline? Not So Fast
Commentaries: What Are Outcomes Later in Life for High School Football Players? – The JAMA Network (free) AND High School Football: No Link to Later Cognitive Decline – Medscape (free registration required)
Taking anti-inflammatories during exercise may increase the risk of kidney injury
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:41h | UTCBring On the Exercise, Hold the Painkillers – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Taking anti-inflammatories during exercise may increase the risk of kidney injury.
International Society of Sports Nutrition Position Stand: protein and exercise
3 Jul, 2017 | 18:02h | UTC
Aerobic exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia
3 Jul, 2017 | 17:20h | UTCAerobic exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Aerobic exercise probably improves health related quality of life, may slightly decrease pain intensity and may slightly improve physical function.
Adult weight management: guidance for commissioners and providers
26 Jun, 2017 | 15:54h | UTCAdult weight management: guidance for commissioners and providers – Public Health England (free video and resources)
Physical activity, cognitive decline, and risk of dementia
25 Jun, 2017 | 16:13h | UTCCommentary: Physical Activity Might Not Ward Off Dementia – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Contradicting previous evidence, this study did not show that physical activity has a protective effect against cognitive decline and dementia.
“Physical activity may not have an impact on your chances of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s but it will reduce a plethora of other risks…” (RT @KarenAl46890767 see Tweet)
What’s the best way for children to lose weight?
23 Jun, 2017 | 13:46h | UTCNews release: Latest health evidence shows that making changes to diet, physical activity and behaviour may reduce obesity in children and adolescents – Cochrane Library (free)
Review 1: Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese children from the age of 6 to 11 years (link to summary – $ for full-text)
Review 2: Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese adolescents aged 12 to 17 years (link to summary – $ for full-text)
Commentary: What’s the best way for children to lose weight? Here’s what the research says – The Conversation (free)
Should you wait before having surgery for an ACL tear?
11 Jun, 2017 | 19:43h | UTCCommentaries: Should you wait before having surgery for an ACL tear? – Reuters Health (free)
Television-Watching Health Effects Worse Than Other Sitting
6 Jun, 2017 | 14:54h | UTCTelevision-Watching Health Effects Worse Than Other Sitting – American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) 2017 Annual Meeting, via Medscape (free registration required)
Cardiovascular Toxicity of Illicit Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use
26 May, 2017 | 15:11h | UTCCardiovascular Toxicity of Illicit Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Anabolic Steroid Use Linked With Myocardial Dysfunction and Accelerated Atherosclerosis – TCTMD (free) AND Chronic anabolic steroid use may damage heart – American Heart Association News (free)
“The findings are a public health concern, given that as many as 1% of young men, not all of them athletes, may use these agents” (from TCTMD above).
Aerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, in Dieting Obese Older Adults
19 May, 2017 | 17:52h | UTCAerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, in Dieting Obese Older Adults – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Exercise and Dieting in Obese Older Adults (free)
Commentary: Aerobic Plus Resistance Exercise Best for Obese Older Adults – MedPage Today (free)
New Advice to Move More After a Concussion
19 May, 2017 | 17:55h | UTCNew Advice to Move More After a Concussion – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016 – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free) AND So, Tom Brady had a concussion. What does that mean? Your guide to the latest science – STAT News (free)
Exercise interventions for cognitive function in adults older than 50
26 Apr, 2017 | 16:07h | UTCMeta-analysis: Exercise interventions for cognitive function in adults older than 50: a systematic review with meta-analysis – British Journal of Sports Medicine (free)
Source: Exercise Could Benefit Cognition in Older Adults – Physician’s First Watch (free)
“Physical exercise interventions significantly improved cognitive function in adults older than 50 years, regardless of baseline cognitive status”.
Association between active commuting and incident cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality
21 Apr, 2017 | 15:19h | UTCEditorial: Active commuting is beneficial for health (free)
See also: Cycling to work can cut cancer and heart disease, says study – BBC News (free) AND Cycling to work: major new study suggests health benefits are staggering – The Conversation (free)
Preventing Sports Injury and Illness: Key Resources for Family Physicians
19 Apr, 2017 | 14:18h | UTCSelection of resources for primary care providers to improve their ability to prevent and treat injuries from sports and physical activity.
American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria Adds Topics
4 Apr, 2017 | 21:19h | UTCACR Appropriateness Criteria Adds Topics, Covers More Clinical Variants Than Ever Before (free)
Browse Appropriateness Criteria Topics (free)
Source: Newswise
This comprehensive guide from American College of Radiology (ACR) covers 230 topics with more than 1,100 clinical indications and has just been updated. It is a very useful resource for doctors in all specialties to guide which exam is most appropriate in each clinical situation.