Category: Health
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Burger King staff in Brazil use water tank as swimming pool
See LiveLeak A video released by an amateur videographer on Monday shows employees of Burger King using the box of one of the chain stores like pool water. The video shows three half-naked employees bathing and playing in the water tanks that sits on top of the Burger King in Faria Lima Avenue, prime area…
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Legally blind and deaf swimmer providing inspiration at Norwin High School
See CBS Pittsburgh Attend a swim team practice at Norwin High School, and it could be any school in any town – until one swimmer exits the pool, and you notice the white cane. “Some people may be surprised that I swim,†says senior swimmer Hunter McGowan, “but I swim anyhow.†The surprise comes from…
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Ryan Lochte says he swam too soon after injury
Read The Daytona Beach News-Journal “I got back in the water faster that what was expected,†said Lochte, who swam in two events at Orlando. “The doctors still say that I should be more careful, and I said, ‘Ahh, I don’t want to listen to them, I want to get back in the water.’ It…
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Deaf Child Raises Money Through Swimming
See 5News Grayson Vaughn is a 9-year-old boy who lives in Fort Smith. And he’s defying odds by raising thousands of dollars through the sport of swimming, after he lost his hearing as a toddler. “I like to help people be able to see if they’re deaf or not,†Grayson said. Stroke by stroke, Grayson…
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In at the deep end – Carlile and Curry comment on the pressures faced by elite athletes
See 7 News Consider the falls from grace of swimming stars Ian Thorpe, Scott Miller, Geoff Huegill and now Grant Hackett. Thorpe is in rehab for depression, after reportedly taking antidepressants and painkillers. Atlanta silver and bronze medallist Scott Mille has outlined his addictions to ecstacy, cocaine and crystal meth. While Geoff Huegill contemplated suicide…
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James Magnussen says Stilnox was used as substitute for alcohol at London 2012
Read The Sydney Morning Herald James Magnussen has revealed the dog-eat-dog nature of elite swimming was a reason the Australian relay team at the London Olympics used the sleeping tablet Stilnox at a controversial bonding session in the pre-Games camp at Manchester. However, he stressed it was not an issue among current swimmers, saying it…
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Grant Hackett to get treatment in US for Stilnox addiction
Read The Australian Olympic gold medallist Grant Hackett is seeking treatment in a US rehab centre for an addiction to the prescription drug Stilnox. The former swimming star left for the US yesterday, just days after he was found wearing a singlet around his waist in Melbourne’s Crown Casino while apparently searching for his four-year-old…
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Swimming the Channel 34 times didn’t stop one athlete from having a heart attack
Read Express Swimmer Kevin Murphy was in training for his 35th crossing of the English Channel when he felt a gripping pain in his chest. However his record-breaking feats of endurance have taught him to battle through pain and over the years Kevin has overcome numbing cold, fatigue and jellyfish stings so he wasn’t going…
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Avoiding swimmer’s ear this summer
Guest post by allearplugs.com Summer holidays are the ideal opportunity to enjoy some time on the beach, lapping up the ocean waves and sea breeze. However, an idyllic summer break can be spoilt if you are unfortunate enough to be taken ill, with one of the most common afflictions being swimmer’s ear. What is swimmer’s…