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High-Impact Sports Might Not Harm Knee Replacements (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who get a total knee
replacement are usually advised to avoid high-impact sports to preserve
their new body part. But a new study suggests sport participation is not
only safe -- it may even help people gain better knee function.
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Jump in Kids' Sports Injuries Due to Overuse (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Orthopedic surgeons warn that
sports injuries in children are rising dramatically, creating a "silent
epidemic."
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Music class may benefit kids with cochlear implants (Reuters)
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Reuters - Music class may help improve certain types of sound perception in deaf children who have cochlear implants, a new study hints.
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Shoulder Dislocations a Sports Hazard (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- Sports are the most common
cause of shoulder dislocation, and young males have the highest risk of
suffering this type of injury, a new study shows.
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Chinese youth accused of not being fighting fit (Reuters)
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Reuters - China must urgently address the physical fitness of the nation's youth or run the risk of raising a generation incapable of fighting the Japanese in a future war, the head of the country's top sports university said Thursday.
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Fitness May Boost Kids' Grades (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Fit bodies may bring kids better
test scores in school, a new study finds.
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Physically fit students do better academically too: study (Reuters)
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Reuters - Getting students to exercise more might not just address obesity issues but also improve their grades with a U.S. study finding physically fit students tend to score higher in tests than their less fit peers.
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Interval training can cut exercise hours sharply (AP)
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AP - People who complain they have no time to exercise may soon need another excuse. Some experts say intense exercise sessions could help people squeeze an entire week's workout into less than an hour. Those regimens â also called interval training â were originally developed for Olympic athletes and thought to be too strenuous for normal people.
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Physical, academic fitness tied at the hip: study (Reuters)
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Reuters - Physically fit students tend to score higher on standardized tests than their less fit peers, hint findings from a new study.
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Fitness Boosts Brain Power in Multiple Sclerosis Patients (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise appears to
protect the brains of people with multiple sclerosis, new study findings
suggest.
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