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Smart, candid, and experienced analysis, ideas and tips about health, fitness, and longevity from two athletes and sports orthopedic surgeon—and guests.

Longevity

A Deeper Dive Into Pulmonary Function and Wildfires

Show Notes We got lots of questions on our recent episode about air, exercise, and wildfires, so here is a short, deeper dive into the topic. We

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Longevity

Air & Exercise: Breathing in an Age of Wildfires and Coronavirus

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about air, exercise, lung function, and breathing in an age of wildfires and coronavirus. There is a fairly crap

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Longevity

Lifespan & Healthspan: The Science(s) of Healthier Aging, From Cells to Centenarians

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about healthy aging, from cell death, to diet, to centenarians, and exercise in-between. Financial geek that he is, Paul

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Longevity

The Doubt Industry, Coronavirus, and Dr. Google

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about the doubt industry, medical skepticism, and Dr. Google as a force for good. Sometimes.

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Longevity

Imaging Injuries, or Why You Can’t Unsee an MRI

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about sports injury imaging, from x-rays and MRI, to ultrasound.  Topics:  Readings: Music:

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Longevity

I’m Injured, You’re Injured, We’re Injured: Some Personal Perspectives

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about their own current injuries, how and why they happened, why it’s frustrating, and what they’re doing to get past it.

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Longevity

Why Do Injuries Happen, How Do You Know, and How Do You Make Them Go away?

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about injuries, how and why they happen, and why they keep coming back. Topics:  Readings: Running. Back to

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Longevity

The Fine Art of Balancing

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about balancing, but not the financial kind. Topics:  Readings: Resistance and balance exercise to

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Longevity

Unlearning Medicine: Reversals, Placebos, and Natural experiments

Show Notes Paul and Howard discuss how medicine is changing, and how some common procedures and ideas that were once accepted practice are being abandoned.

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Podcast

Running, Knees, and Osteoarthritis

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk running, knees, and osteoarthritis. Topics: Music: “Crossing the Chasm” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Podcast

Coronavirus, exercise, and injury

Show Notes Paul and Howard talk about the effects of the current epidemic on exercise, fitness, and injury. Topics:  Music: “Crossing the

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Meniscus

Meniscus surgery increases your risk of requiring a knee replacement: Podcast

Complex degenerative meniscus tears are quite common.  The majority of us will develop them in our lifetime.  The research has been clear over the

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