Millions of people around the world, including almost 60% Americans, Australians AND Europeansparticipate in sports. Review 2015 it was found that the available data on the long-term health benefits of practicing specific sports are narrow, but new study provides robust evidence that practicing several popular sports is associated with a significantly lower risk of death. […]
When Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, probably “father of gymnasticsand inventor of horizontal and parallel bars, opened his first gym (or Gymnastics field) in 1811, he decided to place them outdoors in Berlin. At the time – and for thousands of years before that – exercise was primarily an outdoor activity. It wasn’t until the 20th century […]
Exercise is great for kids. Children who exercise are fitter, stronger and less likely to get unwell overweight or obese. They have it better physical AND sanityperform better in class and are more likely to exercises as an adult. In tiny, the more exercise they do now, the better. But what about strength training? If […]
When people suffer a severe brain injury—for example, from a car accident, a fall, or an aneurysm—they can fall into a coma for weeks, with their eyes closed and their body unresponsive. Some recover, but others enter a mysterious state: eyes open but no clear signs of consciousness. Hundreds of thousands of such patients in […]
When you cross the finish line of your first marathon, the euphoria can make it simple to forget everything you’ve done mentally and physically to get there. There’s no doubt that running 26.2 miles is an impressive feat of endurance and athleticism, but it can be an achievable goal for most runners with the right […]
Yesterday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) shot research on digital platforms including Google and Facebook. ACCC Chairman Sims Rod he said: The ACCC will be closely monitoring long-term trends and the impact of technological changes on competition in media and advertising. We will also consider the impact of information asymmetry between digital platform […]
If anything is now certain, it is the willingness of corporate Australia to utilize some version of the “for the good of society” argument. The latest example of this is the claim made by, among others, the federal minister Shorten Billthat a total ban on gambling advertising would have disastrous consequences for public television. To […]
The status of a “mission company”, defined since 2019 by the law on the growth and transformation of enterprises, known as the Pact Law, is intended to allow for the redrawing of the contours of the contribution of the organization that hosts it to society. This recent form of engagement promotes the combination of economic […]
According to the report, consumers using online retail platforms such as eBay and Amazon “have little choice in how much data they share.” latest report as part of an investigation into digital platform services conducted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Consumers may benefit from the personalization and recommendations these stores offer based […]
Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed many Americans’ relationship with food. To ease the stress of safely grocery shopping and ensure food security, many people are replanting “victory gardens.” This tradition goes back to previous generations who cultivated home gardens during both world wars. Interest was high even before the pandemic. In 2014, the […]