DePuy Mitek, Inc., a leading orthopaedics sports medicine company, announced that all of its QUICKANCHOR® Plus suture anchors for small joint repair are now available pre-loaded with ORTHOCORD®. ORTHOCORD is the only high-strength, partially absorbable orthopedic suture on the market designed to provide a supple solution for soft tissue fixation while maintaining strength and knot security.

Researchers in Finland who tracked the health of over 1,000 men from middle age into old age found that being overweight and having high risk of cardiovascular disease in middle age followed by weight loss as they got older put them at a higher risk of illness and death later in life.

The fitness mantra - Activity, Belief, Confidence, Diet and Exercise. Britain’s growing army of overweight children need a diet of confidence-building techniques and a boost in self-esteem to shed dangerous pounds. Getting fit to lose weight is not enough to solve the crisis; children need to be ensuring they get their five a day to keep obesity at bay.

Timberline Knolls, one of the country’s leaders in the treatment of eating disorders, is recognizing well-known tennis star, Monica Seles, for disclosing her history with an eating disorder in her new book Get a Grip. Ms. Seles’ display of courage and candor has the potential to help many others who have similar struggles, especially young female athletes.

[Why Great Britain's success in Beijing could have been anticipated and why it should continue beyond 2012 Online First Br J Sports Med 2009; doi 10.1136/bjsm.2008.057174] Hosting the Olympic games boosts the host country’s medal haul, not only during the event, but also before and afterwards as well, reveals research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Boost Fitness announced that it has created a special exercise program for obese youths as part of the Healthy Eating Lifestyle Program (HELP) created by Pediatrics West. Pediatrics West, a private, independent pediatric practice based in Westford, received funding for HELP from Partners Community Healthcare, Inc.’s (PCHI) System Improvement Grant Program.

A 9,000-mile trek in 100 hundred days around the perimeter of United States to raise money to cure ovarian cancer begins today. The cyclist, Craig Broeder, Ph.D., is an exercise physiologist and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) who is dedicating his ride to help fund research and build awareness about ovarian cancer. Broeder, 54, began his cycling journey today, starting at Lance Armstrong’s bike shop, “Mellow Johnny’s,” in Austin, Texas.

The Children’s Heart Federation (CHF) launches Let’s Get Moving for Heart Children’s Health: a call to action to include children with congenital heart disease in PE at school and to increase their access to sport in the community, at its House of Common’s reception today (14 May) in the presence of Gerry Sutcliffe MP, Minister for Sport and one hundred delegates, including representatives of nine leading sports development organisations.

To bring together serious female athletes and teach them the latest injury-prevention techniques and enhance their mental training, nutrition, leadership and team-building skills, UPMC Sports Medicine is hosting Empowering the Female Athlete: ACL Injury Prevention and Beyond, June 14 to 19 at the Petersen Events Center, 3719 Terrace St., Oakland.

A new study using advanced cardiac imaging technology indicates that cardiac abnormalities experienced by some marathon runners following competition are temporary, and do not result in damage to the heart muscle. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Manitoba, marked the first use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, or CMR, in a post-marathon setting.