SATURDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — Heat cramps, heat exhaustion and potentially fatal heat stroke are risks when exercising or playing sports during the summer, but they can be prevented by taking a few simple precautions, advises a Medical College of Georgia expert.
AUGUSTA If you think its hot just being outside lately, imagine what its like for school athletes during summer practices. Lets play it safe when it comes to athletes and heat safety. Heat illness is a preventable sports injury that occurs when the bodys ability to cool itself becomes overwhelmed. During exercise, the body cools itself through sweat evaporation. However, during hot, humid …
BREASTFEEDING bonds mother and baby while providing ideal nutrition for the child and it is hoped thousands of mums will get together on Friday to publicly promote it.
USDA, ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center seeks healthy normal and overweight women, ages 42 to 52, to participate in a cross-sectional study examining the determinants of nutritional behavior and its relationship to body weight health.