Sports & Medicine

Pain killers, cancer drugs set to be cheaper Reported October 5, 2006 NEW DELHI: Prices of a large number of medicines including pain-killers, anti-infectives and cancer drugs may fall 5-10%, while they would also be put under an intensive price monitoring system. This comes close on the heels of … [Read more...]

Giant StepsReported September 10, 2008 ATLANTA (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It can happen in a second; an injury that can change your whole life. Twelve-thousand people in the United States suffer spinal cord injuries every year, limiting their ability to walk or even move. Now, a new device is making a life changing difference for patients determined not to give up. For … [Read more...]

Alison Cope goes to the gym four times a week, and after 20 minutes on an exercise machine her heart rate reaches 135 beats per minute (bpm). But it only takes one goal from Wayne Rooney to send it skyrocketing to 160bpm. As part of a BBC experiment, Ms Cope, 37, from Derby, wore a heart monitor as she watched England's Euro 2004 game against Switzerland. It showed large … [Read more...]

Birth Control Good for the Knee? November 22, 2004 (Ivanhoe Newswire)--You can now include birth control on the list of medicines with a dual purpose, according to a new study.Researchers from McGill University in Montreal found women who take birth control are more likely to have stable knee joints and fewer injuries. Nearly 78 female athletes were studied, 42 … [Read more...]

Mumps vaccinations for kids resume in Calgary Reported December 24, 2007 Mumps vaccinations for children have resumed throughout the Calgary Health Region after a provincewide program was suspended earlier this month when several young adults reported serious allergic reactions. A new measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is being offered to young children, who … [Read more...]

Chronic Pain Shrinks the Brain Reported November 29, 2004 (Ivanhoe Newswire)--A Northwestern University study shows chronic back pain shrinks the brain by as much as 11 percent, which is equivalent to the degeneration of 10 to 20 years of aging.Although chronic pain greatly diminishes quality of life and increases anxiety and depression for 10 percent … [Read more...]

Detecting Eating Disorders Reported October 12, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A new method can predict psychological factors for eating disorders among high-risk female college athletes, according to new research. Approximately 8 million Americans suffer from some sort of eating disorder. While almost 20 percent of college-aged women are bulimic, athletes represent a group at … [Read more...]