Anna Kessel looks at the controversy behind Speedo's LZR Racer swimsuit
The LZR Racer is one of the most controversial pieces of sports equipment ever introduced. Critics have accused its manufacturers, Speedo, of 'technological doping' and complained it gives its wearers an unfair advantage. But there is no doubt that it works: 74 world records have fallen since the launch of the revolutionary swimsuit in March this year. The suit can take 15 minutes - using a ...

Sam Allardyce awaits his next big calling
Sam Allardyce accepts that football could forget about him. ?There's no doubt about it,? he says. But he is not panicking. ?There is time to wait for the right opportunity to build another football club. I miss management and look forward to getting back to it.

Athletes to get plenty of support off field of play
CALGARY - Electricity surges from a small battery into the lower back of Melissa Hollingsworth, but only one of two tiny clamps embedded in her skin twitch back and forth.

Solutions Provider to Seek ?Innovation Partners? at Medica Trade Fair
In a move that underscores the growing trend toward early-stage collaboration between medical manufacturers and their component suppliers, Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. has announced that it will participate in the MEDICA trade fair, held November 19th-22nd, 2008 in Düsseldorf, Germany. [PR.com - November 21, 2008]

Physicians open one-of-a-kind clinic
A one-of-a- kind pain treatment clinic has opened in Kingston. Three local physicians - Drs. Aaron Campbell, Gregory Murphy and Jeff Yach - are behind [...]

Uganda: Kampala Marathon Figure is 10,800
ORGANISERS have confirmed that a record 10,800 runners have registered for the 5th MTN Kampala International marathon.

MDs think health care sacrificed by delays for family health teams
One of the success stories in recent health care innovations has been the introduction of so-called "family health teams" (FHTs). Working with physicians, other health-care [...]

Central Professor Speaks on Psychotherapy and Counseling
Carol Shaw Austad of the psychology department spoke at the bookstore about her book, ?Psychotherapy and Counseling?, which combines theory, practice and research in a manor that students can learn to use when examining a mental health patient.

Protesters win fight to scrap polyclinic
PLANS to set up a polyclinic in a hospital have been scrapped after protests. Campaigners against the "super surgery" at University College London Hospital in Bloomsbury argued it would kill off local doctors' surgeries.

Protesters win fight to scrap polyclinic
PLANS to set up a polyclinic in a London hospital have been scrapped after protests. Campaigners against the "super surgery" at University College London Hospital in Bloomsbury argued it would kill off local doctors' surgeries.

Club doctors to the fore at forum
The crucial role taken by club doctors in football prompted UEFA to organise the inaugural UEFA Elite Club Medical Forum in Nyon this week.

Ministry adds 25 nurse practitioner clinics, but OMA concerned about 'diluted' health care
One of the success stories in recent health care innovations has been the introduction of so-called "family health teams" (FHTs).

Athletes to get plenty of support off field of play
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Athletes' supporting cast crucial
Own The Podium will spend roughly $22-million of its $120-million, five-year budget on behind-the-scenes workers

Fall prevention back on its feet
The Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research (ACICR) is launching Finding Balance, a public education campaign that aims to educate and empower Alberta?s seniors to take an active role in preventing falls ? an issue that affects every Albertan in some way.

Orillian heads to Rwanda
Fifteen years after 800,000 people were massacred in one of the most horrific genocides of the 20th century, an Orillia physiotherapist is heading to Rwanda [...]

Athletes to get plenty of support off field of play
CALGARY - Electricity surges from a small battery into the lower back of Melissa Hollingsworth, but only one of two tiny clamps embedded in her skin twitch back and forth.

Athletes to get plenty of support off field of play
CALGARY - Electricity surges from a small battery into the lower back of Melissa Hollingsworth, but only one of two tiny clamps embedded in her skin twitch back and forth.

Physicians open one-of-a-kind clinic
A one-of-a- kind pain treatment clinic has opened in Kingston. Three local physicians - Drs. Aaron Campbell, Gregory Murphy and Jeff Yach - are behind [...]

Physicians open one-of-a-kind clinic
A one-of-a- kind pain treatment clinic has opened in Kingston. Three local physicians - Drs. Aaron Campbell, Gregory Murphy and Jeff Yach - are behind [...]