Exercise and Sports Medicine

Medscape 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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Multimedia: Video and SlideShows

Homing in on the Inflammatory Pathway of CVD The CANTOS trial showed that reducing inflammation could lower CV risk. The neutral CIRT trial may be seen as a setback, but it actually advances the field, explains the lead investigator to John Mandrola, MD.
theheart.org on Medscape, January 2019
'Oh, My Aching Knees'? Screen for Prediabetes Here's what you can prescribe to patients with prediabetes and exercise-limiting arthritis to prevent progression to type 2 diabetes.
Medscape Internal Medicine, December 2018
Beyond Statins: PCSK9 Inhibitors, Ezetimibe, and Diet Experts from the Mayo Clinic discuss the spectrum of nonstatin therapies and when they consider using ezetimibe and PCSK9 inhibitors in their patients at high cardiovascular risk.
Mayo Clinic, November 2018
How Much Exercise Is Too Much for the Brain? The optimal amount of exercise needed to improve brain health: Dr Richard Isaacson discusses recent findings in dementia and Alzheimer's.
Medscape Neurology, November 2018
What Cardiologists Should Know About Obesity Cardiologist Seth Baum interviews obesity experts Drs Kahan and Apovian, who dispel the myth of the 'obesity paradox' and the 'metabolically healthy obese,' and any fears about treating this disease.
American College of Cardiology & Medscape , November 2018
A Paraplegic Doc's Inspiring Comeback After Spinal Injury Dr Daniel Grossman describes his journey--as a patient and a physician--back to practice within 5 months of sustaining an extensive injury.
Medscape Emergency Medicine, October 2018
Plant-Based Diet to Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Is It All or Nothing? Vegan or vegetarian diets are difficult to sell to Western populations. Dr Trudy Voortman says that it doesn't have to be all or nothing--adding plant-based foods will lower type 2 diabetes risk.
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, October 2018
Is Sarcopenia Inevitable as We Age? A reader comment and the inexorable changes inflicted by the natural aging process sparked today's commentary.
Medscape Internal Medicine, September 2018
Could It Be as Easy as Prescribing Good Health? Does the act of prescribing healthy behaviors affect health outcomes? Dr Ranit Mishori describes the evidence for social prescribing.
Georgetown University Family Medicine, September 2018
Vitamin D's Fractured Relationship With Bone Perry Wilson explains how Mendelian randomization can separate out the true variables that affect fracture risk, shattering some widely held beliefs about vitamin D supplements.
Medscape, September 2018
Readers Respond: Stop Stigmatizing Opioids Dr Charles Argoff shares the outpouring of responses to an earlier commentary on the proper use of opioids.
Medscape Neurology, July 2018
Exercise: The Right 'Dose' for Improved Cognition This practical advice on exercise dose could motivate adults to get up and move.
Medscape Internal Medicine, June 2018