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Batteries Might Prevent Workplace Injury An associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh leads a study to show AA batteries can measure shoe tread wear, leading to slips and falls. By Shereen Hashem May 13, 2021 Workplace injuries and deaths have a huge economic impact on the U.S. costing billions of dollars. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), work injury costs totaled $170.8 billion in 2018. One of the top causes was slip-and-fall injuries – an accident that can be completely prevented with proper footwear. A research study was conducted by The University of Pittsburgh�...

Share A set of physical activity for pregnancy guidelines, developed by The University of Queensland and CQUniversity, was released by the Australian Government Department of Health on Mother’s Day. Lead author Professor Wendy Brown from UQ’s School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences said the guidelines recommended that women who were active before pregnancy should continue with physical activity while carrying their baby. “If you were inactive before pregnancy, start slowly and build up your activity to meet the recommendations,” Professor Brown said. “As your body changes du...

Date Time New pregnancy physical activity guidelines recommended A set of physical activity for pregnancy guidelines, developed by The University of Queensland and CQUniversity, was released by the Australian Government Department of Health on Mother’s Day. Lead author Professor Wendy Brown from UQ’s School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences said the guidelines recommended that women who were active before pregnancy should continue with physical activity while carrying their baby. “If you were inactive before pregnancy, start slowly and build up your activity to meet the recommend...

‘Petri dish for abuse’: gymnastics faces a reckoning in Australia Celina Ribeiro © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: ssj414/Getty Images The gymnasts sit cross-legged on the mat. Some in activewear crop tops, others in leotards with shimmery fabric and diamantes. Water bottles adorned with butterflies and rainbows are tossed at the mat’s edge by the wall. For over two hours at a small gymnastics centre in Sydney, they do lunges across a spring floor, backbends, kickovers. They spin themselves over the lower of the two parallel bars, pull themselves up and then spin...

Share Increased physical activity could reduce the chance of heavy menstrual periods in women who are overweight or obese, a University of Queensland-led study has found. Dr Gabriela Mena, from UQ’s School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, examined the associations between physical activity and body mass index with irregular periods and heavy menstrual bleeding in more than 10,000 young Australian women. “Women who were overweight or obese had higher odds of both irregular periods and heavy menstrual bleeding than women who were underweight or of normal weight,” Dr Mena sai...