Older soccer players ’embarrassed’ to seek help with cardiac pain
Players lack confidence in recognising warning symptoms and tend to put off seeking medical advice, researchers find.
Tag: Sports medicine
Brain bank uncovers suicide link to CTE in sports stars
Most brains donated to the bank had signs of neurodegeneration, a case series shows.
Let’s be honest, is cricket really useful exercise?
Testing times as researchers promote health benefits of Twenty20 over one-day matches.
Multiple concussions can disrupt brain connectivity: study
Study in young people suggests concussion may be a two-tier disease, researchers say.
Sudden death of young people during sports ‘often preceded by symptoms’
Australian review of cases shows coronary artery disease is a common underlying cause.
Is soccer heading for a medical disaster?
Nearly 20 years ago, retired English professional soccer player Jeff Astle, aged 59, choked to death at his daughter’s home near Burton-on-Trent. The former centre-forward…
What GPs can do for the performance-enhancing drug user
New guide stresses harm minimisation for patients taking nonprescribed steroids and other substances.
The race towards treatment for an acutely confused runner
A local triathlete is brought to ED after collapsing at the finish line.
Medical watchdog launches inquiry into Burgess affair
The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission is investigating media reports linking doctors to the NRL coach's alleged misconduct.
Crackdown on sports supplements in wake of deaths
From November, the TGA will regulate the supplements in the same way it does medications.
