Category: Health
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Chlorine in the pool doesn’t make your eyes red – it’s the urine
Do you think you know why your eyes turn red after a day of swimming? The answer is grosser than you think and might make you think twice about heading to the pool this summer. For their annual Healthy Swimming Program, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) teamed with Water Quality and the Health Council…
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Number of swimmers in England drops by 390,000 in the last year
The sports minister Tracey Crouch has promised to deliver a new strategy for sport “as a matter of urgency†following a decline in participation. New figures published by Sport England have shown that the number of people playing sport has fallen, with swimming the most badly affected. Swimming is the country’s most popular sport with more…
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Special Olympics athlete dies after aquatics competition
An athlete died over the weekend after competing in the Maryland Special Olympics at Towson University. The athlete was competing in the aquatics competition, when she suffered a medical emergency, event officials confirmed. “The athlete was treated on-site by medical personnel and taken off-site to receive emergency medical care, where the athlete subsequently passed away.…
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Nurses Know – Contagious virus children could catch while swimming
A warning from parents from East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in this week’s Nurses Know segment. We are learning more about germs floating around in lake, river or pool that could make you very sick. The Centers for Disease Control is warning swimmers about the risk of contracting Norovirus from the water. It’s the same bug…
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A GP would have discovered Alexander Dale Oen’s illness, says older brother Robin
Robin Dale Oen believes that the life of his brother Alexander could have saved, and criticises the support team for failing to notice his heart disease, instead believing that his symptoms were because of a pinched nerve. – “If we weren’t athletes, if we were like the man in the street, then Alexander would definitely…
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Swimming May Slow Down Aging for Decades
Swimming is good for just about everyone. It accommodates all ages, stages, abilities and disabilities. There’s also evidence it can slow down the aging process. A long-term study at Indiana University Bloomington’s Counsilman Center for the Science of Swimming found that Masters Swimmers (over age 35) who swam roughly 3,200 to 4,500 metres (about 3.2…
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Why Swimming Pools Turn Hair Green (It’s Not the Chlorine!)
Chlorine is commonly assumed to be the culprit behind Kermit-colored hair. But the truth is, another compound designed to keep the pool clean may actually be what’s turning your hair green. Copper sulfate is often added to swimming pools to combat algae, according to the authors of a 2014 case study about a 15-year-old girl whose blonde hair was…
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Former Olympian Dara Torres on the Virtues of Having Your Kids Swim
5-time Olympian Dara Torres stopped by “Kilmeade and Friends†and talked to Brian about “Swim Today†a program that helps educate parents about how healthy swimming can be. Dara explained that it actually isn’t a one on one sport because when you are part of the team you always have your teammates around you and…
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What Diseases Can You Catch While Swimming?
When summer comes around, millions around the world go swimming in oceans and lakes. Is it safe?