Organizational Escalation and Retreat in University Athletics: Brand Insulation in Birmingham-Southern College’s Transition to Division III Athletics

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Anabolic Steroids in Athletics

puerperium is a time of special danger, as the rapid involution of the uterus may tear apart adhesions which wall-off abscess cavities thus leading to spreading peritonitis. In view of these risks I feel therefore that a small but definite place exists for termination of pregnancy in certain patients with active Crohn's disease. Sterilization is, of course, a different matter, as alternative me...

Blood Transfusion and Athletics

* * In 1976, the Medical Commission ofthe International Olympic Committee formally condemned the practice of blood transfusion for athletes in good health. As ofthis writing, however, blood doping has not been explicitly forbidden. The Author discusses important and controversial questions such as: does blood transfusion afford world-class athletes a substantial competitive advantage? Is this p...

Spinal deformity and athletics.

Exercise and athletic competition for the young individual has become increasingly more important in society. Scoliosis and Scheurmann kyphosis are spinal deformities prevalent in up to 2% to 3% and 7% of the population respectively, requiring nonoperative and occasionally operative treatment. Curve progression and patient physiologic age dictate treatment regimens. Bracing and physical therapy...

Functional Foods, Beverages, and Ingredients in Athletics

T hegenerally accepted definition of a functional food or beverage is a product that has an ‘‘added physiological benefit above and beyond its naturally occurring benefits.’’ So for instance, orange juice with nothing added is a regular beverage, whereas orange juice with added plant sterols is a functional beverage because the plant sterols are added for a physiological benefit, to help reduce...