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Y! Health Fitness News
Y! Health Fitness News, updated continuously.

• Device helps retrain arm reach after stroke (Reuters)

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 10:16 am
  Reuters - A novel nonrobotic device called the Sensorimotor Active Rehabilitation Training (SMART) Arm can help stroke survivors with partial arm paralysis re-learn the task of reaching, a study shows.
  

• Playing It Safe With High School Sports (HealthDay)

  Posted on 3 Jul 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- "Getting your bell rung." "A dinger." "Knocking the cobwebs loose."
  

• Meditation, Yoga Might Switch Off Stress Genes (HealthDay)

  Posted on 2 Jul 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've taken a significant stride forward in understanding how relaxation techniques such as meditation, prayer and yoga improve health: by changing patterns of gene activity that affect how the body responds to stress.
  

• MRSA Infections Can Bug Fitness Buffs (HealthDay)

  Posted on 2 Jul 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Before heading to the gym, you should brush up on how to protect yourself from a potentially deadly superbug, say doctors from Loyola University.
  

• Arm injuries soaring in little league pitchers (Reuters)

  Posted on 26 Jun 2008 at 10:20 am
  Reuters - Since 2000, doctors at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, have seen about a 5- to 6-fold increase in the number of serious shoulder and elbow injuries in young baseball and softball players.
  

• Health care guidelines issued for school athletes (Reuters)

  Posted on 24 Jun 2008 at 10:23 am
  Reuters - Schools and other organizations that sponsor teen athletic programs should do more to ensure school-aged athletes stay healthy and injury-free, according to new guidelines.
  

• Head Injuries All Too Common in Summer Play (HealthDay)

  Posted on 23 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - SUNDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- A few simple safety precautions can greatly reduce the risk of serious head, spinal or other types of injuries while doing summer sports and recreational activities, says the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).
  

• Strength training may help women with fibromyalgia (Reuters)

  Posted on 19 Jun 2008 at 1:45 pm
  Reuters - Postmenopausal women with fibromyalgia seem to have less physical strength and endurance than healthy women, so they might benefit from an appropriate training program, a new study by Finnish researchers suggests.
  

• Training boosts cancer patients' quality of life (Reuters)

  Posted on 18 Jun 2008 at 11:43 am
  Reuters - Physical training should be included in rehabilitation programs for cancer patients, Dutch researchers say.
  

• Sports Doping's Effect May Be in the Mind (HealthDay)

  Posted on 17 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- When athletes think they are taking a performance-enhancing drug, their performance tends to get better -- even if they never really take the drug.