Medical Needs of Paralympic vs Olympic Athletes The chief medical officer of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee discusses the differences Aug 27, 2024 video
What It's Like Providing Care for Mental Health at the Olympics Jessica Bartley, PsyD, talks about her approach to keeping Olympians mentally fit Aug 18, 2024 video
Life as an Olympic Doctor An orthopedic surgeon on the best thing she's ever done and how you can get involved Aug 16, 2024 video
Paris Redux: From Health Leader Interviews to COVID at the Olympics A break from the usual data Aug 12, 2024
Olympic Athletes Fall Ill After Swim in the Seine: Is Water Quality to Blame? Infectious disease expert cautions against drawing conclusions from anecdotes Aug 05, 2024
Meet the Doctor Behind Team USA Swimming A Q&A ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris Jul 25, 2024
These Athletes Weren't Doping. Their Genes Made It Look Like They Did. Advanced sequencing revealed genetic reasons for high hemoglobin, hematocrit levels Jul 24, 2024
Sprains, Strains, and ACL Tears. These Are NFL Players' Most Common Injuries. Being able to navigate injuries could make all the difference between success and failure Jul 24, 2024
The Olympics Don't Allow Doping. This Competition Will Encourage It. But how will athletes who get a boost to push the limits of achievement fare? Jul 18, 2024
Parkinsonism in Athletes Linked With Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Pathology CTE pathology, not Lewy body pathology, seen in most cases Jul 16, 2024
Novel Rotator Cuff Repair Device Modeled After ... Python Teeth? Preclinical studies demonstrate nearly doubled repair strength Jun 28, 2024
Symptoms May Remain the Best Clue for Concussion Evaluation Cognitive evaluation is objective but not very accurate for diagnosis in sports, study finds Jun 13, 2024
Think Twice Before Excising Bursa in Shoulder Surgery Might doing so actually worsen outcomes? Apr 24, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: A Martial Arts Misstep: Whatβs the Damage? An 11-year-old boy presented to the emergency room due to an injury that occurred earlier that day. Can you diagnose the patient? Apr 11, 2024
Who Really 'Died Suddenly'? Anabolic Steroid Users. A new study sheds light on the risks Mar 21, 2024
Returns From Tommy John Surgery Are Common, but Recovery Can Bring Grief, Isolation More than 2,200 professionals have undergone the surgery since its introduction 50 years ago Mar 13, 2024
Net Danger? Ophthalmologists Have Their Eyes on Pickleball While it's not as risky as many other sports, growing pastime still spawns optical injuries Feb 21, 2024
Rotator Cuff Tears: Take Surgeons' Word That MRI Is Needed Most scans ordered at first visit showed pathology that physical therapy wouldn't fix Feb 16, 2024
Turf War: Study Backs Natural Grass as Less Injurious Than Artificial Surface And some fake grasses appear more dangerous than others Feb 13, 2024
Former NBA Player, 'Survivor' Contestant Waits in Hospital for Heart Transplant But few donors can provide a match for his extra-large body Feb 09, 2024
One Way to Make It to the Super Bowl: Become the Team Doctor A Q&A with the head physician for the San Francisco 49ers Feb 07, 2024
What We Know About King Charles III's Health History From COVID-19 to polo injuries to "sausage fingers" Feb 06, 2024
How Cardiac Arrest Became a Household Topic After Damar Hamlin's Collapse Efforts to boost survival having a moment among medical and sports societies, legislators Jan 01, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: His Lower Arm is a Mess, but Specifically, What Kind of Mess? A 42-year-old man presented to the doctor with complaints of pain and swelling on his elbow and wrist and decreased range of motion after a fall onto his outstretched right arm. Dec 14, 2023
Stronger Quads May Lower Risk for Knee Replacement Surgery Higher quadricep-hamstring ratio associated with 82% lower odds in NIH cohort Nov 29, 2023
Want to Reduce Knee OA Risk? Weight Work May Help History of strength training tied to reduced incidence later in life Oct 23, 2023
Kids Specializing in One Sport More at Risk for Injury and Burnout, Experts Say Expert panelists want to increase awareness among healthcare providers Oct 20, 2023
Common Shoulder Procedure Found Worthless No advantage over sham in randomized controlled trial Oct 11, 2023
Brain Damage, Including CTE, Seen in Athletes Who Died Young Cognitive, behavioral symptoms frequent among brain donors under age 30 Aug 28, 2023
Cause of Bronny James' Cardiac Arrest; Army Doc's Sexual Assault Case; COVID vs Flu Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Aug 28, 2023
Cautious Return-to-Play Appears Safe for Athletes With Heart Conditions Shift away from blanket restrictions is not placing top-tier athletes at undue risk, data suggest Aug 14, 2023
Bronny James, Son of NBA Star LeBron James, Stabilized After Cardiac Arrest James is the second USC basketball player to collapse from cardiac arrest over the last year Jul 26, 2023
Botanical Sports Supplements Often Mislabeled Only about 1 in 10 products had the "right ingredient at the right dose," study author says Jul 18, 2023
At $20K, Stem Cell Eye Injections May Also Cost Patients Their Sight Patients claim vision got worse after "clinical trial" at Florida stem cell clinic Jun 26, 2023
Head Hits, Not Concussions, Tied to CTE Repetitive impact predicted chronic traumatic encephalopathy in American football players Jun 21, 2023
Are Athletes With T1D Putting Themselves at Risk for Recurrent Hypoglycemia? Survey-based study finds lack of adherence to guidelines Jun 18, 2023
Thumbs Down From FDA Panel on Plastic Meniscus Replacement Members unimpressed with efficacy, safety data Apr 21, 2023
