Scientific Health: Education and Human Performance

A recent news story broke about a runner's death supposedly from Rhabdomyolysis. For a lot of people this might be the first time they've ever heard the term. And they’re asking a fair question. How does muscle, the tissue we spend our training lives trying to make stronger, turn into something that can shut down your kidneys or stop your heart? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.

You have been walking regularly. You have changed what you eat. Activities that used to leave you breathless have become easier. Then your blood test comes back, and your A1C is almost exactly where it was before. What is A1C and why should I worry about it? Well, let's talk about that...Previous discussions on Diabetes: Episode 45 " What is Pre-diabetes"Episode 92 "Myths about diabetes we all seem to believe"Episode 182 "Diabetes... is it a sugar disease?"Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.

Echo chambers don't need algorithms. They need only a closed loop: a group of people who get their information from the same places, reinforce one another's conclusions, and rarely hear from anyone who would challenge them. That describes plenty of social media. It also describes plenty of classrooms. In health science education, those classroom echo chambers often form around one of the most personal subjects there is: what we eat, how we move, and what we think a healthy body looks like. Why does a professor's blind spot and bias matter? Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.

Concussions remain one of the most difficult injuries to prevent in football. And when we talk about preventing concussions in football, we almost always come back to the helmet.If you watch football, you have probably seen them: the soft, padded coverings now wrapped around the outside of players’ helmets during practices, and increasingly during games. The Guardian Caps. Depending on the headline you read, they may sound like one of the most important advances in concussion prevention in years. But this leads to a question, do Guardian Caps actually prevent concussions, or are we relying on equipment to provide more protection than the evidence currently allows?Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.

Abs are "made in the kitchen" is a saying among the bodybuilding culture and I have been asked many times if this is true then why should I be doing sit ups and crunches. Yet, there are a number of reasons to incorporate "core" exercises into a workout routine that goes beyond having a visible 6-pack. As such there has been a slew of "trendy" exercise variations meant to "engage your core" but what is the "best"...Well, let's talk about that...Please make sure to follow our work on:Webpage @ https://www.scientific-health.org/YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/@Scientific.Health.EducationSubstack @ https://jeclark.substack.comInstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sci.health.performance/Threads @ https://www.threads.net/@sci.health.performanceBluesky @scientific-health.bsky.socialIf you want to support what is being published, please make sure to subscribe and become a supporter on the substack.