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Medical

Tendinopathy – Yes; Tendinitis – No

by pribut on December 11, 2009

Tendinitis is often used incorrectly as a generic term for overuse tendon injuries. The term that should be used is tendinopathy. Tendinitis and tendinosis both refer to microscopic changes that are seen on biopsy. Even spelled as “tendonitis”, it is still incorrect. The current view is that long term overuse tendon injuries display little to [...]

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Parenthetically Speaking: Colons, Math and the New York Times

by pribut on December 21, 2008

Science, Numbers, Journalism and Critical Thinking
I believe it was on a Merlin Mann podcast, where someone jokingly mentioned the concept of an iColon website which in typical Web 2.0 fashion people could share the images and films of their colonoscopy procedures. This week the New York Times managed to demonstrate where their heads were at [...]

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Stress Fracture Update

by pribut on February 14, 2008

The stress fracture article at Dr. Pribut’s Running Injuries site has been updated. The article discusses the concept of stress fractures as repetitive stress injury of bone.
Stress Fracture: A Common Running Injury – repetitive stress injury of bone

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Running & Being and Running & Dying

by pribut on November 3, 2007

George Sheehan’s book “Running & Being” is one that every dedicated runner should read. George, a cardiologist, and one of the early, great running philosophers and gurus has been an inspiration to all old school runners.
Many years back, some people, Jim Fixx included, thought that running marathons would give an immunity to fatal heart disease. [...]

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Chicago: Cubs Down, Marathon Out

by pribut on October 8, 2007

The Cubs didn’t last past the first 3 games of the baseball playoffs and the Chicago Marathon only lasted 3.5 hours until it was called. Running in the heat is extremely dangerous. There is precedence for closing a race early. The Madison, Wisconsin Marathon in 2006 was closed app0ximately 2 hours early for reasons of [...]

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Ralph Paffenbarger, M.D. Dies at Age 84

by pribut on July 14, 2007

Ralph Paffenbarger, was one of the first epidemiologists to study and provide evidence for the significance of exercise in lowering the risk of cardiovascular mortality (heart disease, etc.). His earliest studies showed that the risk of being sendentary (for example: sitting on your behind and playing computers games in todays parlance) was twice as great [...]

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Evidence Based Medicine vs. Sensationalism: NYT and Lymphoma

by pribut on July 14, 2007

Evidence Based Medicine vs. Sensationalism
The New York Times, today, in a fairly sensational manner, discusses Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and medications in vogue in reference to two medicines, including Zevalin, which at this time is used in cases of failure of other therapies. The accusastion being made is that physicians are not using Zevalin, a radioactive [...]

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Summertime Tips For Runners

by pribut on July 12, 2007

Dos And Donts For Summertime Running
1. Do wear socks made of synthetic fibers that wick moisture away from your skin to help prevent blisters and athlete’s foot.
2. Do fit your running shoes or other sports shoes with the type of sock you intend to wear them with.
3. Don’t wear sandals or flip-flops when playing [...]

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Sunscreen Hype and Reality

by pribut on July 10, 2007

Sunscreens are helpful in reducing exposure to the harmful effects of UVA and UVB. These types of solar radiation contribute to the development of premature skin aging, wrinkling and both malignant and non-malignant skin cancer. Basal Cell Cancer and Melanoma, among other types of skin cancer has an increased incidence in sun exposed individuals. [...]

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Mad Dogs And Runners Go Out In The Midday Sun

by pribut on July 9, 2007

The title comes from as a riff on a Joe Cocker album “Mad Dogs and Englishmen”, which derives from a song by Noel Coward entitled “Mad Dogs and Englishmen”. Coward lampooned British Colonialism and may be heard singing the chorus (wav). Joe Cocker seemed to be a bit of both a mad dog and [...]

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