Archive for September, 2009
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D., interim executive director and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA), will testify today before the Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing examining the illegal marketing of steroids as dietary supplements.
Tags: Ceo, Daniel Fabricant, Dietary Supplements, Drugs, Illegal Steroids, Interim Executive Director, Marketing, Npa, Senate Hearing, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sports Supplements, Steroids And Sports, Subcommittee, U S Senate
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
New mothers who are breastfeeding their babies may need more aerobic and resistance exercise in order to combat temporary bone loss caused by calcium depletion, says a recently published study from the American College of Sports Medicine. Cheryl Lovelady, Ph.D., and her research team measured bone mineral density in 20 women four to 20 weeks postpartum and found that those who didn't exercise lost around 7 percent of their lower-spine bone density in that time period.
Tags: Aerobic Exercise, American College Of Sports Medicine, Babies, Bone Density, Bone Loss, Bone Mineral Density, Breastfeeding, Calcium Depletion, College Of Sports Medicine, Exercise Health, Health New, Lost, Lovelady, Medicine, New Moms, New Mothers, Resistance Exercise, Spine, Sports Medicine, Time Period
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
New research from the US suggests that wearing shoes such as high heels, pumps and sandals was strongly linked in women's later life with heel and ankle pain. The researchers found nearly 64 per cent of older women who reported hind-foot pain regularly wore such shoes at some point in their lives whereas no link was found between foot pain and the types of shoes men wore. The study was the work of lead author Alyssa B.
Tags: Foot Pain, Heel And Ankle Pain, Heel Pain, High Heels Pumps, Older Women, Sandals, Shoes
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) announced today that an out-of-court settlement was reached in its Fair Practice Lawsuit against the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) on Sept. 21, 2009. The NATA filed suit against the APTA for antitrust violations that unfairly restricted athletic trainers from practicing manual therapy and gaining access to continuing education courses on manual therapy.
Tags: American Physical Therapy, American Physical Therapy Association, Antitrust Violations, Apta, Athletic Trainers Association, Continuing Education Courses, Court Settlement, Lawsuit Settlement, Members, Nata, National Athletic Trainers, National Athletic Trainers Association, Physical Therapy Association, Settlement Benefits
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