Category: Health
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Will Zika virus overshadow the Rio Olympics?
In Brazil, epicenter of the Zika virus, local authorities and organizers of the upcoming Olympic Games have been striving to assure the world that it’s safe for athletes and tourists. The World Health Organization has issued a series of guidelines for those traveling to Rio, but some worry warnings could stigmatize struggling communities. Special correspondent…
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Cancer Patient Can Now Strike Swimming In The Ocean Off Her Bucket List
Katie Wood was last in the ocean when she was 2. The 21-year-old told a friend she wanted to swim in the ocean as part of her bucket list. An online fundraising effort made it all possible. Kristine Lazar reports.
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Michael Phelps Talks Suicidal Thoughts, 2016 Rio Olympics
It’s been nearly two years since 22-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps finished a 45-day stint in rehab following his second DUI arrest. Now, with those dark days in his rearview mirror and his fifth and likely final Olympics right around the corner in Rio, the greatest swimmer of all time is opening up to ESPN The Magazine about his past struggles with…
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Closest Thing to a Wonder Drug? Try Exercise
In 2015, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges put out a report calling exercise a “miracle cure.†This isn’t a conclusion based simply on some cohort or case-control studies. There are many, many randomized controlled trials. A huge meta-analysis examined the effect of exercise therapy on outcomes in people with chronic diseases. Let’s start with musculoskeletal diseases.…
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H2OpenDay 2016 Valladolid
On 2nd April 2016, more than a hundred people over 55 years enjoyed the Life Long Swimming – H2OpenDay in the municipal swimming pool Parquesol of Valladolid. The event, which promotes the benefits of swimming for healthy ageing was organized by the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation with the support of the city of Valladolid. Visit…
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Research highlights unexpected hazards of swimming pools
What you don’t know about a swimming pool might hurt you.
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Gross Diseases You Can Catch in a Pool
It’s pool season, the grandest of all seasons, or so you might think. Sure, days are longer, clothing is skimpier, and the beer is colder, but with pool season comes high risk, especially if there’s poop in the water. Which, it turns out, there is. A lot of it. According to the CDC, every year…
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Is Water Exercise Right for Me?
Guest post by Lizzy Bullock / AquaGear Swim Shop Aquatic exercise is one of the oldest methods of fitness and rehabilitation, used for healing purposes as early as 2400 B.C., according to “Hydrotherapy.” Even the most recognized man in the history of medicine, Hippocrates, noted water’s remedial effect on a range of maladies from joint…
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Transplant recipient is all heart, swimming to success
Fred Nelis is all heart, even though his heart didn’t originally belong to him. He’s a local transplant patient who is defying the odds, swimming his way to success. If the name Fred Nelis sounds familiar, it should. He gained national attention when he and a friend both received the gift of life from the same organ donor.…