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- 501: Steroids
- ... stronger, and enhance their physical appearance. Most people don’t understand why athletes are so much bigger, stronger, and faster than just a few years ago. Evolution does not work that fast. In a recent Sports Illustrated article 90% of professional athletes admitted that they once used steroids or are currently using steroids and 99% of professional body builders swear by steroids to be competitive. The bottom line is that people ...
- 502: Vegetarian Diet
- ... Yale Medical Journal 13.5 (1907): 205-221 3. Frey, R.G. Rights, Killing, and Suffering. Oxford: Basil Blackwell Publisher Limited, 1983 4. Kleiner, Susan M. "Vegetarian Vitality: Striking The Right Balance." The Physician and Sports Medicine August 1992: 15-16 5.Messina, Mark, and Messina, Virginia. The DietianÆs Guide to Vegetarian Diets: Issues and Applications. Gaithersburg: Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1996 6. Robbins, John. Diet For A New America. Walpole: Stillpoint ...
- 503: Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... Dextrostat), and pemoline (Cylert). For many people, these medicines dramatically reduce their hyperactivity and improve their ability to focus, work, and learn. The medications may also improve physical coordination, such as handwriting and ability in sports. Recent research by National Instiute of Mental Health suggests that these medicines may also help children with an accompanying conduct disorder to control their impulsive, destructive behaviors. Nine out of 10 children improve on one ...
- 504: IVF: A Medical Breakthrough or A Medical Burden?
- IVF: A Medical Breakthrough or A Medical Burden? Last July, Louise Brown celebrated her 16th birthday. "She's a regular kid who likes sports, movie stars, and MTV. With a mom, dad, and a younger sister, she's a lot like other teens anywhere in the world" (Dreher 1). However, Louise's life did not start out in such ...
- 505: Scoliosis
- ... an underarm brace is required for up to six months after the surgery. After the spine heals completely, in both idiopathic and lumbar scoliosis surgery, the patient may do anything they please except heavy contact sports or gymnastic; it will take one to two years for the surgery to heal (What is scoliosis? 1999). If it is not treated the degree of scoliosis will usually become worse due to the continual ...
- 506: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ... Destrostat), and pemoline (Cylert). For many people, these medicines dramatically reduce their hyperactivity and improve their ability to focus, work, and learn. The medications may also improve physical coordination, such as handwriting and ability in sports. Recent research by NIMH suggests that these medicines may also help children with an accompanying conduct disorder to control their impulsive, destructive behaviors. Unfortunately, when people see such immediate improvement, they often think medication is ...
- 507: Asthma in a Fitness/School Setting
- ... persons with cystic fibrosis, children with asthma can increase their work capacity. The 1984, Olympic saw 67 of 597 athletes on the U. S. teams with E. I. A. The rewards of participation in competitive sports for the asthmatic can be tremendous. Building individual skills, working with others as a team, character enhancement, and improved fitness with less respiratory distress can result from involvement in competitive athletics. The coach, teacher, and ...
- 508: The Female Body
- ... incomplete partition called the hymen. The hymen is very vascular & tends to bleed when it is ruptured during the first coitus (sexual intercourse). However, its durability varies. In some females, it is ruptured during a sports activity, tampon insertion, or pelvic examination. Occasionally, it is so though that it must be breach surgically if intercourse is to occur. The upper end of the vaginal canal loosely surrounds the cervix of the ...
- 509: Why Exercise is Important
- ... benefits of exercise in a single bout of 10 or 20 minutes, whether you’re in shape or not,” says Robert W. McGowan, Ph.D.*, chairman of the University of Richmond department of health and sports science. Third, exercising is directly involved with boosting your metabolism. Metabolism is defined as the summation of chemical changes that occur in tissues, consisting of the breakdown of foods to produce energy (catabolism) and the ...
- 510: Creatine
- ... an edge on the competition. But are these claims real? Is their scientific proof of what Creatine does? Yes, since Creatine came onto the supplement market it has been tested extensively. “Recent research in human sports science indicates that if you supplement a normal diet with Creatine it will increase the Creatine content in the muscles”. (Clark 4) In this study, the Creatine concentration in muscles went up 35%. Athletes in ...
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