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Science

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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What’s My Age Again: The Telomere Tick Tock

by pribut on July 25, 2009

Many people have played the facebook game “What’s Your Real Age”. My guess that those who played it wanted to feel they were younger than their biological age. Telomere length seems to be the real way to determine actual “biological age”. These are the real “biological clocks”. Telomeres are repetitive sequences at the ends of [...]

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Favorite Fitness And Science Podcasts

by pribut on June 2, 2009

I enjoy listening to a variety of podcasts from science and exercise to arts and current issues. While listening to podcasts transfers information a bit slower than a quick read of a book chapter or a web page, the discussions and often interviews can be very enlightening.
Selected Favorite Podcasts
Fitness Rocks – Evidence Based Medicine. Discussions [...]

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Travelling, Running, and Starving – A New Approach To Your Circadian Rhythms

by pribut on May 25, 2008

For many people, long trips disturb the natural rhythms so much that normal functioning on both the physical and intellectual planes is impaired. Clearly, there is a need for some method to improve the travel experience and the race results for those on a tight schedule. First class? Sounds great, but isn’t practical and [...]

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Pick Your Favorite Journal Article & Use A Few Sentences

by pribut on October 14, 2007

This is a letter published in Nature, so you can see how some international researchers view using others sentences within their journal article. Sort of an imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and copying means we just don’t really know your language, but we want to sound good.

Plagiarism? No, we’re just borrowing better English
Ihsan [...]

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