Respiratory Or Nervous-System
Ice skaters and their fans may be at risk for respiratory or nervous-system disorders caused by breathing toxic air trapped in enclosed ice rinks, warned the Centers for Disease Control.
At least 60 of 130 Wisconsin students who attended an ice hockey tournament reported headaches, nausea, and dizziness, vomiting or coughing spells within a day or two of the games.
Health officials attributed the-illnesses to toxic doses of nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide released by the Zamboni ice cleaning machine as well as the heaters used to heat the stands.
Lifting weights may help women lose weight without losing bone density, reported a Tufts University researcher who is conducting an ongoing study of 100 postmenopausal women. He told a conference on nutrition and aging in New York City that he had previously found that frail 90-year-olds tripled muscle strength in eight weeks of weight lifting.