Sleep appears to play an essential role in a number of brain functions, such as memory. So good quality sleep could play a vital role in preventing dementia.
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From body snatching to Photoshop and virtual reality, the techniques of medical illustration have evolved. But its essential role in showing clinicians how to care for the body continues today.
Heat illnesses can vary, from relatively mild heat exhaustion to the potentially life-threatening condition of heat stroke. Here’s how to tell the difference.
When you’re an astronaut landing on the Moon, you can’t rely on the same gravitational cues we have on Earth. But regimented training with sensory devices could one day prevent spatial disorientation.
Why the speed of fast bowling in cricket seems to have stalled.
Working a day on the firelines as a wildland firefighter can require the endurance of riding the Tour de France. That takes a toll, as a physiologist explains.
Two days after Rodgers’ injury, the NFL players union called on the league to convert all playing fields to natural grass.
A shower, a swim, a warm bath: there are a number of common pee triggers. So how much of our need to pee comes down to psychology?
Twenty-five years of research show what it takes to fuel wildland firefighters through an average day, and the toll the long seasonal work takes on their bodies.
A new study shows that the gut microbiota has little or no effect on our weight, metabolism and risk of developing chronic diseases.
The gargantuan feet of NBA players are the stuff of legend. But nearly two-thirds of their injuries occur below the waist, and they have a 25.8% chance of incurring an ankle injury every season.
There are simple ways to alleviate regular hiccups – and treatments for when they persist.
Artificial lighting from cities illuminates coastal waters and can change the physiology and behaviour of marine organisms.
No, you’re not imagining it. Your body does some weird things up in the air. Here’s a guide to the common and merely embarrassing to the rare, but serious.
Impaired insulin receptors in the blood vessels between the blood and the brain may contribute to the insulin resistance observed in Alzheimer’s disease.
In Canada, 14.4 per cent of South Asians have Type 2 diabetes, the highest prevalence of any other ethnic group in the country. Why is this population so disproportionately affected by diabetes?
Sometimes, it’s best to take your medicine sitting up. Other times, lying down is safer. Here’s what we know so far.
It all comes down to an oily secretion from special glands beneath our skin, which are very prevalent under the armpits, and more active at certain times.
Though it was exceedingly grating, the late comedian was able to perfect a sound that worked in tandem with his brand of humor.
Scientists are just beginning to decode the genetic messages in your food – and how that may affect your health.
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Adjunct Professor of Physical Therapy, University of Dayton
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Professor, Curtin School of Allied Health, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of Health and Sport Science, University of Dayton
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Professor of exercise and work physiology, University of Montana
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Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Mississippi State University
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Winthrop Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Forensic Pathologist at Monash University and Deputy Director, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
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Lecturer, School of Rural Medicine, University of New England
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Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University
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PhD Candidate, College of Sport and Exercise Science Victoria University, Victoria University
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Honorary Professor of Psychology, Cardiff University
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Lecturer of Physiology, University of Manchester
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Performance Physiologist, Sheffield Hallam University
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Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Kent
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Associate Professor of Thermal Physiology, University of Wollongong
