Exercise and Sports Medicine

American College of Sports MedicineMedscape and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) present Exercise and Sports Medicine. This comprehensive site offers valuable resources to aid in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sports-related injuries. Also featured are the latest medically relevant advancements in exercise science and the uses of physical activity for health. The convergence of sports, medicine, and exercise is a rapidly advancing specialty that integrates therapeutic and preventive use of exercise, fitness development for athletic performance, sports-injury prevention and treatment, and sports nutrition.

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  • Regulating Metabolism: From Obesity to Cancer Regulating Metabolism: From Obesity to Cancer   A better understanding of metabolism has led researchers to explore its role in diabetes, obesity, and cancer. What are the implications for clinical practice?
    Developments to Watch, May 2012
  • Exercise for Any Patient, Every Patient Exercise for Any Patient, Every Patient   The Exercise is Medicine initiative will help you incorporate physical activity counseling and recommendations into the briefest of healthcare encounters.
    CDC Expert Commentary, April 2012
  • A Simple Way to Preserve Cognitive Function A Simple Way to Preserve Cognitive Function   The potential value of physical exercise to preserve cognitive function in patients with vascular disease is explored in this study.
    Medscape Psychiatry, April 2012
  • Exercise: A Way to Outdistance Breast Cancer? Exercise: A Way to Outdistance Breast Cancer?   Dr. Kathy Miller reports on a study that shows that exercise can lessen the risk for breast cancer in sedentary postmenopausal women. Can exercise also improve breast cancer prognosis?
    Medscape Hematology-Oncology, February 2012
  • Fat Men, Fit Men: Who Stands the Better Chance at Health? Fat Men, Fit Men: Who Stands the Better Chance at Health?   Sandy Fryhofer, MD talks about a study in Circulation that found that losing weight was less important than improving fitness in men who were overweight.
    Medscape Internal Medicine, February 2012
  • Exercise in a Pill? Exercise in a Pill?   New ways of looking at fat metabolism and muscle action in obesity have improved our understanding of the mechanisms behind the benefits of exercise. Is exercise in a pill the next step?
    Developments to Watch, December 2011
  • Exercise for Life: Easier Than You Think Exercise for Life: Easier Than You Think   Sandra Fryhofer, MD, talks about a study that suggests exercising as little as 15 minutes a day can be lifesaving.
    Medscape Internal Medicine, December 2011
  • Hey Doc, When Can I Return to Play? Hey Doc, When Can I Return to Play?   Managing sports-related concussion involves more than acute care; a step-wise progression must be followed to get the athlete safely back on the field.
    CDC Expert Commentary, November 2011
  • Tackling Diabetes and Obesity From a Different Angle Tackling Diabetes and Obesity From a Different Angle   Metabolism regulation is key in heading off the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes and may prove to be a new avenue for therapeutic intervention in both of these disorders.
    Developments to Watch, October 2011
  • Heat-Related Emergencies: Not Over Yet Heat-Related Emergencies: Not Over Yet   Sandra Fryhofer, MD, discusses 2 recent CDC and AAP recommendations for heat-related illnesses and how to recognize and treat them.
    Medscape Internal Medicine, September 2011
  • Simple Intervention Benefits Men on Androgen Deprivation Therapy Simple Intervention Benefits Men on Androgen Deprivation Therapy   Are you doing all you can to help prostate cancer patients on hormone therapy? Dr. Gerald Chodak says that this intervention should be built into standard care models.
    Medscape Urology, June 2011
  • 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: How to Advise Patients 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: How to Advise Patients   The major themes and noteworthy changes of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans that can help guide nutrition counseling with patients are outlined in this HHS commentary.
    Government Perspectives on Healthcare, March 2011

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