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Does a fungal infection transmit in swimming pools?
There are many factors that influence the transmission of infectious agents, and in the case of public swimming pools:
the number of bathers
the condition of the pool
care taken to disinfect the ...
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Are there health risks associated with dropping to very low fat levels, as athletes often do?
There is a well documented association between strenuous exercise and menstrual irregularities in women.
Some authors have argued this should not be considered pathological since the effect is ...
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Potassium chloride for electrolyte replenishment instead of monopotassium phosphate
In solution, none of these original chemical salts matter because they dissociate entirely. All you have once you add water are ions in solution. Potassium ions in solution are potassium ions in ...
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Sport in the time of pandemics - what is the risk
The long and short of it is that the novel coronavirus can be experimentally aerosolized where it can persist in the air for several hours but a number of studies have failed to detect virus in ...
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Subconcussive brain trauma
This all falls to a matter of degree - most importantly mechanism of injury. I'll explain the physics in allegorical terms first and then explain as it relates to medicine.
The mechanism refers to ...
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Are football (soccer) players more likely to have bow legs (genu varum)? What can be done to alleviate it if that's the case
It looks they are relevant according to these two researches:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4538725/
Results:
Both soccer players and controls had genu varum. However, the
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Different types of nociceptors in muscle vs connective tissue?
Your question focuses on the location of the receptors (the part of the nociceptors that is reacting to mechanical, thermal, or chemical stimuli).
An equally important part of a nociceptor is the ...
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Playing badminton after tooth extraction
That will be hard to predict, as it varies from person to person. I've had one of them extracted and could train the next day (a different sport, korfball, but with similar impact on your body as ...
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What happens when a person gets the wind knocked out of them?
Winded (Solar Plexus Syndrome)
Blow to abdomen region
Compresses solar plexus or nerves behind stomach
Diaphragm contracts and spasms. Which also may explain the rushing out of air.
Yes.It is how ...
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