But First, Doctor, What Was Your Marathon Time?
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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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Queue submissions being scarce, I suggest we all submit limericks for consideration.  Mod up your favorites.    I'm no poet, so I'll submit a favorite of my childhood:    There was a young woman named Bright,  Who traveled much faster than light    She set out one day  In a relative way    And returned on the previous night.    I'm afraid I don't remember the author.
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Chris Slade is only 36 years old. He tries to stay away from junk food. He still runs four or five times a week. Not exactly the sort of person who would seem at risk of health problems.
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TIMING. Itâs an Olympic thing. Itâs about getting it all absolutely perfect on the one day of your life when it matters. That, should you wish to know, is the reason
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ATHENS, Aug. 22 Â The marathon was inspired by suffering, and on the day an event that is as much a test of character as a test of endurance returned to its Olympic roots, the suffering returned, too.
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You think you've got this being-a-patient thing down pat: You put on your paper gown (opening in the back), flip through a dog-eared People magazine, have your blood pressure taken, see the doctor for five minutes, answer his or her questions, pay your co-pay and get back to work.
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Where to beginâ¦where to beginâ¦where to begin? How about with the end? Bernard Hopkins by UD or late stoppage (I will be laying money on the latter).
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MB: Well, my cycling career started at the so called "Little Course de la Paix", a cycling series for the 6- to 12-year-old. I grew up in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), the eastern part of ...
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When Paula Radcliffe dropped out of the Olympic marathon miles from the finish, she sobbed uncontrollably. Margaret Okayo knew the feeling. Okayo pulled out of the marathon at the 15th mile with a left leg injury, and she cried, too. When she watched Radcliffe quit, Okayo thought, "Let's cry together."
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The marathon hours worked by doctors-in-training in U.S. hospitals are leading to an alarming number of fatigue-related medical errors that often kill patients, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Couch potatoes, start your engines. For those who can't seem to get the recommended 60 to 90 minutes of daily physical activity, new guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Heart Association have just set the bar lower. How low? The groups recommend 30 minu...
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BALTIMORE, Oct. 16 -- John Itati had this crazy idea about three months ago. Why not try to run a marathon?
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Q: Congratulations, Annika. 56 wins, eighth win of the season, LPGA win, and your third ADT Championship. A tricky ending there with the playoff.
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Bill Clinton was an active, jogging, jovial time bomb. Like thousands of others, he had no idea how close he was to a heart attack and possibly death even though he had years of presidential health care and continued checkups.
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The question of whether prosthetic limbs confer an advantage over able-bodied runners remains shrouded in confusion.
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NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters Life!) - It's billed as running's greatest adventure but participants in the eighth Antarctica Marathon described it as their greatest challenge after completing the harsh 26.2 mile course on Monday.
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BRITISH marathon flop Paula Radcliffe will run the Olympic 10,000m final tonight, British athletics team officials said. &quot;Paula has decided to run the 10,000 metres,&quot; a British athletics team spokeswoman said.