Aug 31
A study of triathletes has revealed that the heart adapts to triathlon training by working more efficiently.
Triathlons are multi-sport events consisting of swimming, cycling and running various distances in succession.
“To our knowledge, this is the first study using MRI to investigate effects of triathlon training on cardiac adaptations,” said lead researcher Michael M. Lell, M.D., associate professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Erlangen, Germany.
Dr. Lel
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Tags: Best Heart, Heart
Aug 26
A new study has suggested that students could use help saving more money, but they don’t always know it.
Most people intend to save more money, and spend less, than they currently do. If they were offered a simple way to do so, would they take it? New research suggests the answer is no.
And the reason is that their very good intentions can give rise to a sense of optimism that leads them to undervalue opportunities that could make it easier to actually achieve a long-term savings goal.
“Our results highlight the costs of being too optimistic,” said the study’s senior author, psychology professor Derek Koehler.
Researchers at Waterloo asked students in the university’s co- operative education program to set a savings goal at the beginning of a work term, and then asked them again at the end of the term whether they had met their goal. Co-op stu
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Aug 25
The pharmacy college, founded in 1864, had set its previous enrollment record of 1,190 in August 2008.
The current 1,218 students represent several countries and 35 states. Twenty states are represented by this year’s 234 first-year students, with 46 percent from Missouri and 39 percent from Illinois.
St. Louis College of Pharmacy said that, similar to last year, it is near capacity.
A shortfall of 29,000 pharmacists is predicted by 2020, according to the most recent report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
John Pieper reported Aug. 1 as St. Louis College of Pharmacy’s new president, replacing Thomas Patton, who stepped down after 16 years and is now president emeritus.
St. Lou
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Tags: Enrollment Record, Record
Aug 22
A new study has revealed that the problem of childhood obesity is getting worse in the United States.
The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital conducted a National Poll on Children’s Health and it showed that adults in the United States rate childhood obesity the biggest health problem for kids.
In May 2010, as many as 2,064 adults were asked to rate 20 different health concerns for children living in their communities.
The top 10 overall health concerns for U.S. children in 2010 and the percentage of adults who rate each as a “big problem” include:
1. Childhood obesity, 38 percent 2. Drug abuse, 30 percent 3. Smoking, 29 percent 4. Internet safety, 25 percent 5. Stress,
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Tags: Childhood Obesity, Problem