Nick of Time Foundation invites you to a continuing medical education course (CME) titled “Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young” to be held at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle, WA on January 17 & 18, 2013. Sponsored by the University of Washington School of Medicine, Dept. of Family Medicine and Office of […]
Category: Young Athletes
FIFA’s 11 for health programme launched in Asia
We wanted to share more news about the expansion of FIFA’s global initiative to improve health. Keep up the great work Prof Jiri Dvorak and team! (Story originally posted in Healthcare Asia via FIFA) On October 22, Football’s stalwart association, Switzerland headquartered Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has launched the first-ever ‘FIFA 11 for Health’ programme […]
Rural sport and exercise medicine in the highlands of Scotland – working with Shinty!
Guest blog by Dr Jonathan Hanson FFSEM Like many doctors in sport for years I have relied upon the goodwill of colleagues and employers in the remote corner of Scotland I call home. Last year I felt the time had come to give something back to the local sport in my region, rather than consistently […]
Don’t miss Richard Budgett’s Olympics podcast…
Just a quick alert that Richard Budgett, the Chief Medical Office for the London Olympics, shares his very special insights. He was an Olympic Gold medal winner in Los Angeles before serving the UK and now the world! Click here for the podcast And remember, the IOC, through its Medical Commission, supports the 4 of […]
Big Success: 7th Annual Dutch Scientific Congress
Guest blog by Adam Weir The 7th Annual Scientific Congress of The Netherlands Association of Sports Medicine recently took place on December 1st – 2nd,, 2011. This congress was held for the first time at the Efteling, the largest attraction park in Holland. The atmosphere was great; the fairy tale surroundings gave the congress a […]
Research into action – AED installed 3 months ago saves life!
Guest Blog by Jon Drezner – Sports Cardiology Senior Associate Editor I heard some amazing news today and still gathering the details. Last night at [anonymized] Middle School a 45 yo [anonymized] suffered sudden cardiac arrest during a basketball game. Witnesses pulled the AED off the wall, delivered two shocks before EMS arrived, and the patient […]
Fitness and health of children through sport: the context for action – Guest Blog Caroline Finch
(follow Caroline Finch on Twitter — @CarolineFinch) This relates to: Micheli, L, Mountjoy, M, and Engebretsen, L et al. 2011. Fitness and health of children through sport: the context for action. BJSM. 45:931-936 I read, with great interest, the paper by Micheli et al [1]in the September Injury Prevention and Health Promotion issue of the […]
Football as Global Health Promotion: FIFA’s 11 for Health Programme
“Prevention is better than a cure, no matter what disease we look at…football is an ideal platform to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevent disease.” – Professor Jiri Dvorak, FIFA’s Chief Medical Officer This month’s BJSM Editor’s Choice (free online) highlights an innovative approach to health and exercise promotion in Africa. Authors […]
Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre website — Great online resource
The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre, located at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences has a diverse team of experts from the fields of exercise medicine, ortheopedics, epidemiology, biostatistics, and physiotherapy. Its led by professors Lars Engebretsen and Roald Bahr who are both renowned for their experience with national team and Olympic sports medicine. Cutting-edge researchers and advocates for […]
Debate: Benefits of High Intensity Anaerobic Exercise for Adolescents and School Children
Duncan S Buchan 1, Julien S Baker 1, Robert M Malina 2, Non E. Thomas 3 1. University of the West of Scotland 2. The University of Texas at Austin 3. Swansea University Dear Editor, We read with interest the recent statement released by BASEM on 26th November 2010 which criticises the way physical education (PE) […]