Recent press coverage of BJSM article: Television viewing time and reduced life expectancy: a life table analysis, has sparked debate in popular media. David Aaronovich, from the UK Times, writes: “On Tuesday morning many people in Britain woke up to the news that their televisions were killing them… A curious person would want to know […]
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Bangladesh Institute of Sports Sciences (BISS) 3rd Sports Medical Science Course Series December 7-14, 2011
Dr. Mohammad Zubayer, President of BISS, invites clinicians to attend sports medical science courses related to: sports for health performance through sports sciences and sports medicine. December 7-9, 2011 Certificate in Sports Nutrition: Jointly organized by the International Society of Sports Nutrition/ISSN and Bangladesh Institute of Sports Sciences/BISS Dr. Douglas Kalman, Dr. Timothy Nathan Ziegenfuss […]
IOC partnership: Children and Sport BJSM theme issue
This issue of BJSM – one of the 16 annually – focuses on keeping young people healthy. Many readers are not aware that the IOC and BJSM partner to produce 4 issues of the BJSM annually. These issues focus on the IOC mission of ‘Athlete Protection and Health Promotion’. The special issues, generally appearing in […]
Guest Blog – Sports Cardiology by Dr Jon Drezner
This week in Circulation, Dr. Eloi Marijon and colleagues from France published their findings on sports-related sudden death. This 5-year prospective observational study is an impressive achievement and also has a number of important findings. How high is an athlete’s risk of SCD? Notably, the relative risk of sports-related sudden death was 4.5 times higher […]
Policymakers: Do you want to reduce traffic congestion and save on your sickness budget? Here’s a proven plan. Very easy. No excuse.
What was the common story in the LA Times, the Sydney Morning Herald and the New Dehli Tribune overnight? No – not the London Riots – any city can have a few thugs light up cars and buses for short-term media attention. The big story is via the BMJ — Barcelona’s public bike rental scheme […]
Ultrasound at point of care – the sports medicine stethoscope
In a previous BJSM online poll, 76% of respondents agreed that ultrasound was going to be a part of routine sports medicine practice in the office setting. BJSM’s editorial policy is to mirror important advances like this and to publish relevant papers. Thus, in 2010 we were the first sports medicine journal to dedicate an […]
Have you looked at the podcast list? Great guests! Easy to find – free!
Just a very quick blog today — to alert you to the Podcast icon on the BJSM home page. The page includes a guest index so you can look up Jon Drezner, Steve Blair, Jill Cook, Lars Engebretsen, Robert Jan de Vos, Robert Sallis, Jiri Dvorak, Richard Frobell, and more – a veritable galaxy of […]
You’d have to be crazy not to exercise for your brain – aerobic exercise and resistance training both work
First – credit to New York Times. Specifically Gretchen Reynolds who provides wise perspectives on sport and exercise medicine. Like this piece about exercise for brain function. Gretchen provides balanced, topical sports medicine coverage – she picks the emerging winners and doesn’t get blinded by fads. She has been on exercise and brain function for […]
Powerpoint chat – lovers and haters.
Given that Powerpoint is ubiquitous, the current debate about it may interest some BJSM sportsmederati. Things heated up when Lucy Kellaway (Financial Times) suggested banning the presentation program. (Don’t be frustrated if you can’t get this link – Harford summarizes it below). The wizard economist, Tim Harford (The Undercover Economist – great read for general […]
New editoral from Prof. Finch- Updating the international research agenda for sport injury prevention
Professor Caroline Finch is a leading advocate for decreasing the divide between the science and practice of injury prevention through greater cross-fertilization in the fields of injury and sports medicine research. In the June 24, 2011 edition of BJSM’s sister journal Injury Prevention, Prof Finch offers a concise summary: Updating the international research agenda for […]