Check out the top 10 medical highlights from the Paris 2024 Olympics!

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(00:00) Welcome and highlights of the Paris 2024 closing ceremony

(04:46) Celine Dion’s comeback from Stiff Person Syndrome

(07:28) Simone Biles, mental health and battling back from setbacks

(12:16) ACL injuries and gender discrepancy

(16:17) Cardboard beds at the Olympic Village and athletes’ sleeping habits

(20:37) Importance of clean sport and Chinese swimmers controversy

(23:46) Pregnant Olympians of Paris 2024

(26:36) Olympian medalists who battle diseases 

(28:57) Seine River safety, cleanliness and illnesses

(32:02) Djokovic winning gold post knee injury surgery

(33:33) Eliud Kipchoge’s DNF at the Paris 2024 Marathon

(36:44) Conclusions and stay tuned for Paralympic Special Episodes

Medical services at the Olympics are a state of art!

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(00:00) Welcome and introduction

(02:08) Trivia: Medical services at the Olympics

(04:33) Illness and injury incidences at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games

(08:00) Access to medical services during the Olympics

(09:02) How large teams are setting up their own medical team

(11:43) The role of sports pharmacists at the Rio 2016 Olympics

(15:08) Polyclinic in Olympic Village: A state of medical art

(16:12) Medical services at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games 

(18:00) Pharmacy services at the London 2021 Games

(20:39) Comparing medical services at Tokyo and London Games

(22:34) Overview of medical services at Paris 2024

(25:10) First ever nursery for Olympic mums at the Paris Olympic Village

(27:45) Wrap up and closing

What happens when an elite athlete need to be treated with a prohibited substance or method? This special episode is all about Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) with a specific focus on how TUEs work at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

A healthy gut can decrease porta-toilet visits at marathons, support performance, recovery, general health and well-being.

Discover the intricate relationship between gut health and athletic performance in this episode.

Time stamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:21) Gut health 101

(04:33) Exercise and gut health

(07:10) Performance benefits of healthy gut 

(18:40) How unhealthy gut leads to poor performance

(24:40) How to keep you gut healthy

(45:16) Closing

This episode is your roadmap to understand how nootropics work to support athletic health and performance, and how you can safely, effectively and cleanly use common nootropics.

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Time stamps:

(00:00) Welcome to Season 2

(00:36) Introduction and news of the month

(04:00) Mental strength in sports and nootropics

(06:52) Nootropics 101

(10:10) Sports specific use of nootropics

(14:31) Nootropics’ safety and efficacy considerations

(19:26) Nootropic supplements

(22:56) Caffeine

(22:57) L-theanine

(27:41) Bacopa

(30:41) Ashwaganda and Rhodiola

(34:46) L-tyrosine

(37:56) Panax Ginseng

(40:59) Creatine

(42:09) Alpha GPC

(45:23) Banned nootropics

(49:36) Nootropics and anti-doping

(52:42) Wrap up and take home messages

(55:13) Closing

Together with our guest speaker Mikko Lemettilä, an anti-doping expert from Finland, we discuss:

(02:25) - Getting to know Mikko Lemettilä

(11:30) - Anti-doping strategies for elite/professional sports vs recreational sports

(18:12) - What are the Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs (IPEDs), how common their use and what are the motives behind why people use them

(33:15) - Successful Finnish and global models in doping prevention

(49:30) - Practical ways for athletes and health care professionals to fight doping

(58:55) - Educating athlete health team and entourage to fight doping

(01:09:45) - Mikko Lemettilä as an athlete

(01:16:17) - Paris 2024 Games and future outlook in the anti-doping scene

(01:20:10) - Rapid fire questions Mikko Lemettilä

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Timestamps:

(00:28) - Episode overview

(02:40) - Anemia 101

(16:26) - Why athletes have increased risk for anemia - 1

(21:44) - Why iron deficiency is more common in female athletes

(24:06) - Why athletes have increased risk for anemia - 2

(26:28) - How to identify anemia

(31:52) - Managing iron deficiency

(39:00) - Rational use of iron supplements

(47:09) - Additional tips to help improve iron deficiency

(50:00) - Wrap up and take home messages