Bad news for coffee drinkers who get headaches
Nation
Caffeine is the world’s most commonly consumed stimulant, and has long been known to have both positive and negative effects on headaches. For example, caffeine is a common ingredient in headache analgesics because it can help relieve heada...
Why Do You Eat
Vanguard
Caffeine in tea, coffee, chocolate and caffeinated soft drinks and energy drinks acts as a stimulant and causes a fast rise in blood pressure and blood sugar, followed by a quick drop which contributes to a roller-coaster ride of mood swing...
IAAF president's plea clears Asafa Powell to run at World ...
The Guardian
This issue is a key concern for the JAAA, after the embarrassment of five athletes testing positive for the stimulant methylhexanamine at the national trials in June. All five have been cleared. From next January, any athlete committing a f...
Tea tops for times of crisis - Malcolm Cross
News.com.au
The caffeine is greater (in a cup of coffee) and it's a stronger stimulant, so it may have the opposite effect." While tea drinking is considered a quintessential British tradition, Prof Cross said he believed its calming effects were unive...
5 Jamaican athletes cleared of doping
Forbes
... were cleared Monday of doping at their national championships two months ago after the country's anti-doping panel failed to determine whether the banned substance was on the prohibited list. The athletes reportedly tested positive for...
Autopsy: Cocaine a factor in Billy Mays' death
CNN
Cocaine is a stimulant that can raise blood pressure and thicken the wall of the left ventricle of the heart, one of the organ's four main pumping chambers. The autopsy also found low concentrations of ethyl alcohol "consistent with social ...
IAAF to consider cases of five cleared Jamaican athletes
The Guardian
... Commonwealth 100 metres champion, Sheri-Ann Brooks, after procedural errors in the testing of her B sample . Jadco challenged the decisions, claiming that methylxanthine contains a similar structure to tuaminoheptane, which is listed a...
Richard Gasquet case highlights tennis's inconsistent drug rules
Daily Telegraph
The tribunal accepted his story that he had not deliberately taken cocaine, that the stimulant is likely to have entered his system after he kissed 'Pamela' at least seven times in a Miami nightclub the night before. Dr Stuart Miller, the ....
One year after Beijing, Jamaica team is in chaos
ESPN.com
The athletes tested positive for a substance that is similar in chemical structure to a banned stimulant, but were cleared for a lack of evidence by a disciplinary panel appointed by the island's sports minister. "The case of athletes testi...
Jamaicans cleared over drug tests
BBC Sport
Brooks, the Commonwealth 100m champion, was cleared last week on a technicality because Jadco tested her B sample without her knowledge. They had reportedly tested positive for the stimulant methylhexanamine, which is not on the World Anti-...
Anti-doping commission to appeal ruling clearing drug suspects
News.com.au
They reportedly tested positive for the stimulant methylhexanamine. "In light of the decision of the disciplinary panel JADCO will enforce its rights ... and appeal the decision,'' it said in a statement. No JADCO members could be immediate...
Restaurant Review:
Daily Pilot
One perk for me is the café serves caffeine-free diet Coke, as I try and limit the stimulant whenever possible. The restaurant has a nice mix of items that can be eaten at both breakfast and lunch. Some of the breakfast items are available ...
IAAF still awaiting Jamaican doping information
Salon
They reportedly tested positive for the stimulant methylhexanamine. The disciplinary panel cleared Brooks last week and she is on the provisional list to compete in the 100 meters on Sunday. The IAAF had hoped to receive information from th...
