The NCAA May Pay a Healthy Sum to Student Athletes
The challenge of student-athlete compensation is a broader issue rooted in more than a century of health policy.
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Read more: Another Kind of Performance-Enhancing Drug in Sports: Substances That Improve Creativity Another Kind of Performance-Enhancing Drug in Sports: Substances That Improve Creativity
Should performance-enhancing drugs that improve innovation and creativity be treated like those that enhance athleticism?
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Read more: Sports Medicine in the Era of COVID-19 Sports Medicine in the Era of COVID-19
COVID-19 has put the lives of athletes in peril for years to come, the extent of which we likely won’t know for quite some time.
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Read more: Psychoneuroimmunology and the mind’s impact on health Psychoneuroimmunology and the mind’s impact on health
If you are a skier like me, you likely revelled in watching the alpine skiing events during this years’ Olympic Winter Games held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Having raced myself when I was younger, I recall the feeling of being in the starting gate with all the anticipation and excitement it brings. But my memories…
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Read more: The Testosterone Rule Strikes Again – New Policy to Address Transgender Athletes The Testosterone Rule Strikes Again – New Policy to Address Transgender Athletes
By Maayan Sudai New Guidelines issued by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) offer a new policy for the participation of transgender athletes in sports competitions. According to the new policy, transgender athletes should be given the option to compete without having to undergo genital re-construction surgery. Female to Male (F-M) transgender athletes will be allowed…
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Read more: The Testosterone Rule The Testosterone Rule
By Maayan Sudai Dutee Chand is an Indian athlete that has been in the focus of a recent drama in elite sport. Chand, a gifted athlete and champion, was suspended from participating in competitions by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), after she was found to have high levels of testosterone. A biological condition…
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Read more: Asking the Right Question about Football Asking the Right Question about Football
By David Orentlicher [Cross-posted at HealthLawProf Blog and orentlicher.tumblr.com.] In his New York Times op-ed today, former Denver tight end Nate Jackson explains why the NFL should prefer that its players use marijuana to medicate their pain rather than to rely on prescription drugs that can have serious side effects and promote dangerous addictions. Jackson explains…
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Read more: Professional Athletes and Personal Responsibility for Health Professional Athletes and Personal Responsibility for Health
By Yoni Schenker [Disclaimer: I am not involved in this, and the views expressed here are entirely my own.] Concussions and Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) have been the dominant subject of concern in the sports world recently, and for good reason, but I would like to highlight an often overlooked and more general problem. Our athletes…