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Sports coaches can improve health for athletes with disabilities12:29 Research highlights the role of sports coaches in enhancing health for athletes with disabilities, focusing on collaboration and effective health promotion. Osteoporosis may increase mortality risk in postmenopausal women12:29 Osteoporosis, which is highly prevalent in postmenopausal women, has long been associated with an increased risk of fractures. Teen smoking risks vary between disadvantaged rural and urban communities12:29 Teens in disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to smoke, but it depends on whether they live in rural or urban areas. Icing injuries may delay healing and prolong pain recovery12:29 Icing a sprained ankle or sore muscle, long used to reduce pain and swelling, may in the longer run delay recovery and prolong pain, new research suggests. AI models predict sudden cardiac arrest risk using health records11:57 Researchers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that can scrutinize electronic health records (EHR) and electrocardiograms to identify individuals in the general population at elevated risk for sudden cardiac arrest - a condition that causes more than 400,000 U.S. deaths annually and has a survival rate of only 10%. Selective eating in autism linked to inflammatory gut bacteria11:57 Eating habits shape gut bacteria in children with autism, with potential dietary interventions offering hope for improving gut health and inflammation. Endometriosis increases risk of some birth defects in infants10:52 Research indicates women with endometriosis may face a higher risk of congenital anomalies in infants, emphasizing the need for further investigation. Study challenges structural explanation for gut symptoms in hEDS patients9:47 A study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that persistent and distressing upper gut symptoms experienced by people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), are not due to structural problems with the gullet (esophagus), as previously assumed. Disrupted circadian rhythms may accelerate dementia-related brain inflammation9:15 Alzheimer's disease and other dementias impact approximately 55 million people worldwide, including 7.2 million cases in the United States alone. Combined workouts and HIIT significantly lower daily blood pressure8:43 Aerobic and resistance training combined, and high intensity interval training (HIIT), are associated with significant reductions in blood pressure over 24 hours, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence for several different types of structured exercise, and published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. |