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Please Select Student Health Fitness Professional Researcher Exercise Physiologist Physician Faculty 2021 Annual Meeting Scientific Abstract and Clinical Case Submission Open Deadline Extended: Jan. 6, 2021 - 11:59 p.m. PST What's New 10/23/20 Virtual ATPC: Cutting-Edge Thoughts on COVID-19 in Sports Medicine and Athlete Care 11/05/20 ACSM Updates Education Requirement to Maintain Gold Standard Certifications 10/15/20 2021 Scientific Abstracts and Clinical Case Paper Submission Open 10/07/20 Virtual Teaching Resources: ACSM Member-Exclusive Resources 10/07/20 2021 ACSM Election Candidates 07/07/20 ACSM Certification Online Proctoring & Other COVID-19 Certification Updates 08/21/20 Start Your Engines | New Podcast on the Physiology of Motor Sport Drivers 08/27/20 New Recommendations Steer Doctors Away from Opioids to Treat Pain in Adolescent Athletes 08/07/20 ACSM Publishes Call to Action Addressing COVID-19 and Return to Sports and Physical Activity 06/29/20 At the Heart of the Matter: ACSM Updates Recommendations to Prevent Cardiovascular Events at Fitness Facilities 06/23/20 Resources for Re-Opening Fitness Facilities amid COVID-19 Concerns 06/02/20 The American College of Sports Medicine Releases Official Statement on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 03/16/20 Staying Physically Active During the COVID-19 Pandemic 04/29/20 ACSM Zoom Backgrounds Need to Know Basic Science Better Together Clinical & Medicine Education in Action The Sympathetic Nervous System and Vascular Health | Drs. Jody Greaney & Anna Stanhewicz Jody Greaney, Ph.D., FACSM, and Anna Stanhewicz, Ph.D., are scientists at Pennsylvania State University. They have been studying the process through which the sympathetic nervous system communicates with the vascular system during total body heating and cooling, particularly in aging adults. As humans age, this communication process becomes less efficient and can cause an increase in cardiovascular risk. Drs. Greaney and Stanhewicz are studying this process in attempt to determine intervention strategies that may mitigate the cardiovascular risk. An International Consensus Statement on Physical Activity and Mental Heath Just Released Exercise and Sports Science Australia, American College of Sports Medicine, British Association of Sport and Exercise Science, and Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand collaborated to develop a brief statement titled The Role of Sport, Exercise, and Physical Activity in Closing the Life Expectancy Gap for People with Mental Illness. The statement discusses the need for holistic treatment for those with mental illness including physical health care, which is often lacking when mental illness is the focus of treatment. We invite you to read the paper , which published in the Translational Journal of the America College of Sports Medicine, and share with your colleagues. The...