Doctors: Protocol key to helping players
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Winston Moss was still wearing his pads when he went in for the CT scan. The Seattle Seahawks linebacker suffered a neck fracture during a road game in Baltimore in 1997, and the Ravens medical staff's emergency protocol ensured that that he quickly received the proper treatment.
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There is an art to picking a team during qualifying, when a coach must take into account fitness, injuries, fatigue, suspensions and commitments to professional clubs.
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NEW YORK  - Coaching from a peer who has been there and done that can help people go through with a first-time colonoscopy, new research shows.
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Are athletes a special group? And, if so, do they fare any differently if they see doctors who are athletes?
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Thousands of American players are using protective headgear, but some soccer officials question whether it reduces the risk of head injuries.
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A nutritional guide spells out what elite - and amateur athletes need to eat.
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The growing number of exercise-induced deaths among athletes with sickle cell trait can be curtailed with proper treatment and greater awareness among team doctors and athletic trainers, a national medical group said in a report released Wednesday.
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Leading cardiologists called on Sunday for routine heart checks on all competitive athletes to identify those with heart problems, following a spate of sudden deaths among soccer players.
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A sports psychologist says how footballers should prepare themselves for the high-pressure penalties.
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Imagine you&#39;ve been diagnosed with high cholesterol and your doctor is preparing to write a prescription to help remedy the problem.
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Sudden death in athletes is more common than you might think. What to do about it, however, remains a dilemma.
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Elevation. Everyone's familiar with it, but only a rare breed can attain it. It's the intangible that allows a player to make his teammates play beyond their natural abilities.
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Sports doctors under pressure from pushy  managers and the media could be cutting corners and risking the  health of athletes, researchers said Thursday.
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PHOENIX, United States  - Major League Baseball Players Association chief Don Fehr said that discussions have started with owners upon the framework for a tougher anti-doping policy that could be ready next season.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland  - Personalized blood profiling should help doping testers to tackle currently undetectable methods of cheating in sport but stringent controls are needed to make it work, experts say.
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Steroids boost the body but donât expect a âgotchaâ in a playerâs statistics.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Playing catch with your young pitcher months before baseball season can help prevent an increasingly common pediatric pitching pitfall: torn rotator cuff injuries, according to doctors at Methodist Hospital in Houston.