Category: Health
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Michael Phelps: Delay Of Olympics Is Tough, But An Opportunity For Athletes | TODAY
The most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps, joins TODAY via FaceTime to talk about the delay of the Tokyo Olympics until 2021 and the mental health challenge it presents athletes. “It is challenging,†he says, but advises his fellow athletes to look on it “as an opportunity to fine-tune†themselves for an additional…
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Covid-19: “Beaches are one of the most dangerous places to be”
“Surfers say that they’re safe if they stay six feet away from other people. But that would only be true if the air didn’t move,” notes Kimberly Prather, a climate and atmospheric scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. “In reality, there’s always a breeze or wind at the coastline. As a result, small drops…
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Athletes Village for Olympics could house virus patients
The under-construction Athletes Village for the Tokyo Olympics could be used as a temporary hospital for coronavirus patients. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been talking about the possibility of occupying the massive development on Tokyo Bay, which is to house up to 11,000 Olympic and 4,400 Paralympic athletes and staff during the games. The complex, which will eventually include…
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Does swimming in a chlorinated pool kill coronavirus? | Your Coronavirus Questions
Dr. Ben Springgate answers whether swimming in a pool will kill the coronavirus, and what to do if you have a CPAP and get the disease.
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Tonic of the Sea
A mini-documentary showing the link between mental health and sea swimming. Katie swims off the rocks of Penzance, UK nearly every day of the year. Swimming has helped her overcome some of the struggles that life all too often throws our way. The hope is that her story may help others who are faced with…
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COVID-19 Swimming Pool Analogy
Our lifeguards want everyone to know and understand why we all need to stay home and practice social distancing. #smilebrisbane #lifeguards #covid19
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Coronavirus: Belgian hospital converts snorkelling masks into emergency ventilators | AFP
Based on research carried out in Italy, the Erasme hospital in Brussels has developed a device that transforms a Decathlon snorkeling mask into an emergency ventilator for patients suffering from COVID-19, to help mitigate any shortage of ventilators during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tennessee Department of Health advises healthcare workers to use diapers, swim goggles for protective equipment
Nursing advocates say this is the wrong message to send to workers on the coronavirus front lines. See 10NEWS
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COVID-19 and Swimming pools
There is no evidence that COVID-19 can be spread to humans through the use of pools and hot tubs. Proper operation, maintenance, and disinfection of pools and hot tubs should remove or inactivate the virus that causes COVID-19.