Episode #356: The Rundown (Mattie Rogers' in the hospital, CRISPR, NBA and Achilles injuries, and More)
Barbell Medicine Podcast
Barbell Medicine
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🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Barbell Medicine podcast, Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum and Dr. Austin Baraki discuss a range of topics including a recent TIA incident involving Olympic weightlifter Maddie Rogers, breakthroughs in CRISPR gene therapy, controversies surrounding Liver King, advancements in diabetes treatment, the rise of Achilles tendon injuries in the NBA, new guidelines for anti-obesity medications, trends in heart disease mortality, and the implications of AI in medical diagnostics.
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Timestamps:
03:00
Maddie Rogers and Transient Ischemic Attack
11:12
CRISPR Gene Therapy Breakthrough
17:20
Liver King's Controversies
20:00
Cure for Type 1 Diabetes on the Horizon
24:28
Achilles Injuries in the NBA
30:30
Revisiting Anti-Obesity Medications
39:00
Heart Disease: A Shift in Leading Causes of Death
44:10
AI in Medicine: The Future of Diagnosis
54:00
Golf Predictions and Sports Commentary
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| 1:01.5 | Welcome back to the Barbell Medicine podcast where we bring modern medicine to |
| 1:04.7 | strength conditioning and strength conditioning to modern medicine. I'm your host, Dr. Jordan |
| 1:08.0 | Feigenbaum, and this is the second episode of the rundown. |
| 1:11.9 | We catch you up on the latest news and health and fitness, science, technology, sports, and |
| 1:16.4 | some politics. We've got some tepid takes coming for you here. On the other end of the line is |
| 1:21.9 | the second most handsome doctor in North America. Dr. Austin Baraki, what's going on, man? |
| 1:25.3 | Hey, doing all right. I just sent you a photo of my, as I called it, Jimmy Rigged set up |
| 1:29.4 | final recording session in my house before the move. So looking forward to getting going. |
| 1:35.7 | And I hear you have a trip coming up as well. |
| 1:37.9 | Yep, going to Europe. Going to Greece. |
| 1:41.0 | I hear it's nice this time of year. And I'm not tan enough despite living in San Diego so |
| 1:46.2 | gonna have to get out there and no I'm excited to see the Acropolis you know do the |
| 1:50.7 | historical things then go to a beach and then just turn my phone off for a few days and |
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