When Abhinav Bindra took home the gold medal in the 10 metres air rifle event at the Beijing Olympics, he not only earned the first individual medal ever for India, he also demonstrated how biofeedback training can be an integral part of performance optimization at the highest level. Skills of a Shooter Dead aim is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the skills needed to excel at shooting.
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MILITARY personnel and sporting professionals could soon be ensuring a far longer period of career success, thanks to a landmark study commissioned in Suffolk. The first ever randomised trial of its kind* has proven that injury rate among military professionals can be predicted and reduced, as a result of special technology. A total of 400 new entry trainees were assessed at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in a study led by Dr Andrew Franklyn-Miller.
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UNICEF and World Food Programme have rushed 15 tons of food, bottled water and hygiene kits for 400 families to the town of Gori town after a humanitarian corridor was opened for the United Nations and other international aid agencies. Head of the UNICEF team to Gori, Mr. Sheldon Yett, described Gori as a ghost town. "There was some shell damage to buildings, plus signs of widespread looting.
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We all understand that even the tiniest changes in the environment can create big opportunities and challenges for plants, animals and humans, but rarely do we consider what's happening on a microscopic level and what those changes could mean for the infinite varieties of life on Earth - or how mankind's day-to-day experiences could be affected.
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Pediatric cardiology experts from around the world will gather at the Indiana University School of Medicine for the inaugural Riley Heart Center Symposium on Cardiac Development Sept. 8-9 at Riley Hospital for Children. The symposium, organized by the Riley Heart Research Center, is targeted to basic scientists, clinical cardiologists and heart surgeons, and will focus on issues pertaining to the onset and treatment of heart failure in infants and children.
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Rising flood waters across West Africa are intensifying health risks for millions of people, and adding to the impact of the food price crisis. International aid is needed as heavy rains forecast to last until September could exacerbate health threats for conditions including malaria, diarrhea and other potentially fatal communicable diseases.
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Chronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute lead poisoning associated with imported toys or jewelry. Could treating contaminated soil with water prevent this public health scourge? In a study appearing in the August issue of the journal Applied Geochemistry, Gabriel M. Filippelli, Ph.D.
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The Woods Institute for the Environment has awarded five faculty planning grants to develop long-term research programs at Stanford that help solve the world's urgent demands for fresh water.
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New guidelines for diagnosing and treating allergic rhinitis were released this month, just in time for the crush of fall allergy sufferers seeking relief from their allergist/immunologists. The diagnosis and management of rhinitis: An updated practice parameter is featured in the August edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI) as is currently available for download at
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Over 170 collaborating organizations will meet to discuss issues around water and its impact on health, the environment, and poverty alleviation, at the annual World Water Week to be held in Stockholm from August 17 to 23. This year's theme; Progress and Prospects on Water: For a Clean and Healthy World includes a special focus on sanitation and hygiene. 2008 is the International Year of Sanitation (IYS).
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