Simplavida: Simplified Longevity

Simplavida: Simplified Longevity

By Paul Kedrosky and Howard LuksScienceHealth & FitnessLife Sciences
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Simplavida: Simplified Longevity episodes

  • The Doubt Industry, Coronavirus, and Dr. Google

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

    Topics:

    • How views of medicine have changed over the last hundred years
    • What is causing the current wave of medical skepticism? Data democratization vs ... other stuff
    • Effect sizes, blockbuster therapies as parachutes, and the decline thereof
    • The future of medical democratization 

      • Readings and Books Mentioned:

      • ‘But I Saw It on Facebook’: Hoaxes Are Making Doctors’ Jobs Harder
      • Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change
      • Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
      • The Butchering Art

        • Bios:

        Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete who, when he isn't rehabbing, is also a venture investor. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon.

        Music & Disclaimers:

        • Crossing the Chasm Kevin MacLeod
          • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
        • Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
          • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome
          License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

          Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode.

          30 min
        • Imaging Injuries, or Why You Can't Unsee an MRI

          Paul and Howard talk about sports injury imaging, from x-rays and MRI, to ultrasound. 

          Topics:

          • What are the main tools for imaging injuries?
          • When are these tools most useful? When are they not? 
          • Why Paul thinks he should be on a frequent imaging program
          • The future of imaging, from machine learning, to handhelds, to potentially doing it less routinely

            • Readings:

            • You cannot unsee your MRI report
            • Should We MRI All Patients With Joint Pain?
            • Video: How dangerous are magnetic things near an MRI?

              • Bios:

              Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete who, when he isn't rehabbing, is also a venture investor. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon. 

              Music & Disclaimers:

              "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

              Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode.

              31 min
            • I'm Injured, You're Injured, We're Injured: Some Personal Perspectives

              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. Maybe.

              Topics:

              • What happened to Paul (plantar fasciitis) and to Howard (stress fracture)
              • Why these injuries happened
              • How we respond to injuries, a phases of grief model, with some shouting
              • Getting to the other side of being an injured athlete

                • Readings:

                • Ginger Runner: I'm Injured, and It's Ok! 
                • Running. Back to Basics. Base Building

                  • Music & Disclaimers:

                  "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

                  Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode.

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

                  Paul and Howard talk about injuries, how and why they happen, and why they keep coming back.

                  Topics:

                  • Why injuries happen
                  • Acute vs chronic injuries
                  • The origins of overuse problems
                  • Training errors and injury cycles
                  • Becoming a resilient athlete 

                    • Readings:

                    • Running. Back to Basics. Base Building
                    • Training Errors and Other Causes of Tendinopathy in Runners

                      • Music & Disclaimers:

                      "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

                      Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode.

                      33 min
                    • The Fine Art of Balancing

                      Paul and Howard talk about balancing, but not the financial kind.

                      Topics:

                      • How we balance 
                      • Why balance is overlooked but so important to health and fitness
                      • Why falls are so common and so hard on people as we age
                      • Myths about balancing
                      • How to improve your balance

                        • Readings:

                        • Resistance and balance exercise to live longer and healthier
                        • Balance exercises

                          • Music & Disclaimers:

                          "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

                          Disclaimers apply and can be heard at the end of the episode.

                          29 min
                        • Unlearning Medicine: Reversals, Placebos, and Natural experiments

                          Paul and Howard discuss how medicine is changing, and how some common procedures and ideas that were once accepted practice are being abandoned. They also talk about the merits of shouting at your legs, and whether it's possible to mainline red wine.

                          Topics:

                          • Why some procedures become accepted practice, despite poor evidence
                          • The "six weeks" myth in recovering from a soft tissue injury
                          • Examples of common procedures being rethought, or abandoned altogether
                          • Some candidates for future medical reversals
                          • How the coronavirus is creating a natural experiment in which procedures are necessary

                            • Readings:

                            • Fear and surgical decision making
                            • Medical Reversal: Why We Must Raise the Bar Before Adopting New Technologies
                            • Natural experiments

                              • Music:

                              "Crossing the Chasm"

                              Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
                              Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
                              http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

                              Disclaimers apply, and can be heard at the end of the episode.

                              29 min
                            • Running, Knees, and Osteoarthritis

                              Paul and Howard talk running, knees, and osteoarthritis.

                              Topics include:

                              • Does running cause arthritis? 
                              • Can I run if I have degenerative osteoarthritis? 
                              • Biomechanical models of the knee
                              • Repairing the knee
                              • What we can learn from professional athletes, if anything

                                • Bios:

                                Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete and a venture capitalist. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon.

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                                Music:

                                "Crossing the Chasm"
                                Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
                                Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
                                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

                                Disclaimers apply, and be heard at the end of the episode).

                                28 min
                              • Coronavirus, exercise, and injury

                                Paul and Howard talk about the effects of the current epidemic on exercise, fitness, and injury. Topics include: 

                                • The difficulty some people have had getting enough exercise
                                • Overuse injuries
                                • The worried-well and over-thinking things
                                • Going to gyms in a pandemic
                                • Hikers with sharp sticks
                                • Lung function and pulse oximeters


                                  • Bios:

                                  Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete and a venture capitalist. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon. 

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                                  Music:

                                  "Crossing the Chasm"
                                  Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
                                  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
                                  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

                                  Disclaimers apply (at the end of the episode).

                                  38 min

                                About Simplavida: Simplified Longevity

                                From the publisher's feed

                                Simplifying health, fitness, exercise, Zone 2, and longevity, with your hosts Dr. Paul Kedrosky and Howard Luks, MD. Paul Kedrosky is a frequently injured athlete who, when he isn’t rehabbing, is also a venture investor. Howard Luks is a top sports orthopedic surgeon.

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