Comment
John Pring writes about how disabled people "may be dividing their time over the next fortnight between celebrating
the achievements of our wonderfully talented Paralympians, and trying to predict just where the next attack on their rights
might come from."
BMJ Blogs Published 30 August 2012
Mary Black asks whether the Olympics and Paralympics will inspire us to exercise more regularly or will it turn us
into a nation of couch potatoes?
BMJ Published 20 August 2012
Sophie Reshamwalla blogs about her experience as an emergency care doctor at the London 2012 Olympic games
BMJ Blogs Published 17 August 2012
Julian Sheather, ethics manager of the British Medical Association, looks at the ethical arguments for and against
doping in sport.
BMJ Blogs Published 16 August 2012
Abhishek Chitnis asks whether athletes with the latest cutting edge prosthetic limbs have an unfair advantage over
able bodied athletes.
Giuseppe Lippi writes "It is not a matter of establishing whether the ‘Blade Runner’ is faster or stronger, it is
just the case of establishing what kind of athlete Pistorious is."
BJSM Published 26 July 2012
Sports drinks are increasingly regarded as an essential adjunct for anyone doing exercise, but the evidence for this
view is lacking.Deborah Cohen investigates the links between the sports drinks industry and academia that have helped market the science of hydration
BMJ Published 19 July 2012
Matthew Thompson, Carl Heneghan, and Deborah Cohen find worrying deficiencies in the evidence used to support the
health claims made for sports drinks
BMJ Published 19 July 2012
T D Noakes investigates how humans have been misled to believe that they need to drink to stay "ahead of thirst to be optimally hydrated.
BMJ Published 19 July 2012
Carl Heneghan and colleagues take a critical look at the evidence used to back up claims that Lucozade enhances sporting
performance
BMJ Published 19 July 2012
Adam Smith and Greg Jones investigate the marketing of sports products in social media in the UK and the US
BMJ Published 19 July 2012
Carl Heneghan and colleagues examine the evidence behind the claims made for sports and exercise products
BMJ Published 19 July 2012
Fluid intake recommendations during exercise have changed substantially over the past half century, Yannis Pitsaladis
and Lukas Beis
BMJ Published 19 July 2012
What recent progress has been made in the field of physical activity and health research?
JECH Published 05 July 2012
London won the Olympic bid on the back of a promise to increase young people’s participation in sport. Denis Campbell
assesses the likelihood of success
BMJ Published 21 June 2012
A “biological passport” may deter athletes—and the sports doctors who help them —from using banned substances, finds
Kirsten Patrick
BMJ Published 22 May 2012
"Fairness" is for the... looking glass world, where the faster you can run, the less you are allows to train
BMJ Published 22 May 2012
While sport is perhaps the most obvious purpose of the Olympic Games, the public health impact of the Games may stretch
well beyond the Games themselves or their traditional ambitions.
JECH Published 11 May 2012
While sport has value in everyone's life, it is even more important in the life of a person with a disability. This
is because of the rehabilitative influence sport can have, on the physical body, and on rehabilitating into society.
BJSM Published 4 May 2012
As Olympic competitors are told they no longer need authorisation for using the most common inhalers, Sophie Arie
looks at why asthma seems so common in elite athletes and the lessons that could be of huge benefit to the general public
BMJ Published 24 April 2012
The thousands of athletes descending on London in 2012 will need health care as well as sporting facilities. Rebecca
Coombes talks to Richard Budgett, the man in charge of providing it, about the public health legacy, anti-doping measures,
and McDonalds sponsorship
BMJ Published 2 June 2010
Provides ethical and legal guidance for sports and exercise medicine practitioners
BMJ Published 21 September 2010
By measuring directly attributable effects in addition to opportunity costs
BMJ Published 20 May 2010
