For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The use of face masks are a crucial weapon in the fight against COVID-19, but there has been some seemingly conflicting advice from health authorities on wearing them while exercising.The World Health Organization has said that wearing a mask while exercising is not a good…
In 2010, John Mandrola was 46 years old and training like a demon for the USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships when, out on a ride, his heart started beating erratically. He diagnosed it immediately, because, in addition to being an accomplished endurance athlete, Mandrola is also a cardiac electrophysiologist. What he was experiencing was…
Thomas TolstrupGetty Images People who have significant atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), but are highly active have death rates similar to those who have little or no atherosclerosis but don’t exercise, according to a study published Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality and Outcomes.Previous research has found ultra-endurance athletes have higher levels of atherosclerosis than average.…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…