Category: Health
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This autistic swim team proved everyone wrong
When Mike McQuay Jr., an 18-year-old with autism, was growing up, the place he felt most safe and calm was in his parents’ backyard pool. “We’d take him to the mall and he would get overloaded with sensory issues from all the fluorescent lights and crowds,†says his mom, Maria McQuay, 50. “But when he’d…
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Why You Should Enroll Your Child with Asthma in Swimming Classes
If you’re the parent of a child with asthma, you know it can be a challenge to find ways to help him or her exercise safely and comfortably. But experts say there is one activity that can help keep your child fit, and actually improve asthma symptoms. “When it comes to cardiovascular activities that are…
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Living Stronger: 75-year-old swimmer inspiring others with her drive and passion
Six days a week, at 5:30 in the morning, you’ll find 75-year-old DeEtte Sauer swimming a total of 120 laps at a Houston aquatic center. Sauer admits that when she first started swimming, she felt like a fish out of water. “It was horrible, I quit in the middle of the first lap,†she said.…
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Swimming Among Top-3 Sports to Help You Live Longer
In a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, European and Australian researchers find that not all types of physical activity are equal when it comes to longevity. They studied data collected from more than 80,000 people in England and Scotland who answered questions about their activity levels yearly between 1994 and 2008.…
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Thalassotherapy: Why Swimming In The Sea Is Good For You
If you live near the sea, make frequent trips to the beach, or are planning an island holiday this summer, chances are you’re getting more out of it than just enjoyment. It has long been thought sea frolicking has many health benefits. Historically, doctors would recommend their patients go to the seaside to improve various…
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The woman who is allergic to water
Rachel wakes up – and drinks a kind of poison that feels like a glass of stinging nettles. As it slips downs her throat, she can feel it blistering her skin, leaving a trail of red, itchy welts behind. Later that day, scorching drops of the stuff start falling from the sky. At the local…
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New Study: Swimming is Effective Part of Treatment for Fibromyalgia
A study out of Brazil suggests that swimming can help alleviate the pain of fibromyalgia, which the U.S. Health & Human Services Department/Office of Women’s Health says affects 5 million American adults – approximately 80 percent of whom are female. For sufferers who find walking exercise to be too painful, the new findings are particularly…
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Mayo Clinic Minute: Are Swimming Pools Safe?
Are our swimming pools safe? Every year, reports about outbreaks of cryptosporidia are in the news. The bacteria, which are resistant to chlorine, can cause many symptoms, including watery diarrhea. Should you worry about getting sick when you dive in?
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Guess How Many Zika Cases Showed Up At The Olympics?
Not 1,000. Not 50. Not even 10. Zero. “There have so far been no laboratory confirmed cases of Zika virus in spectators, athletes or anyone associated with the Olympics,” the World Health Organization said Thursday on its website. Now, no cases doesn’t mean no one caught Zika at the Summer Games. About 80 percent of people…