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The 2026 London Marathon set a world record. Ballot entries for 2027 have already hit 1.3 million. A two-day format is on the table. The financial case is straightforward. The medical questions are more interesting.
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The Enhanced Games launch in Las Vegas on 21 May 2026. While the world debates the ethics of supervised doping, the real danger lies in the mathematics of the Athlete's Dilemma and what happens when the punishment for cheating becomes a promotion.
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A shoulder dislocation during a try is an avoidable injury. The Smiley Sporty Doc explains the anatomy behind this preventable sport injury and why it needs to stop.
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The ACSM has just recommended power training for healthy adults for the first time. A sports medicine physician explains why this is the most clinically significant update in the guidelines, the real injury risk it carries, and whether the fitness industry is ready to deliver it safely.
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Real Madrid’s alleged MRI mix-up involving Kylian Mbappé is more than a football story. A sports medicine physician unpacks the science of wrong-side imaging errors, why they happen, why they’re underreported, and why the most underrated safety mechanism in medicine is you.
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A new study links Ozempic and GLP-1 drugs to higher tendon rupture risk. But the headlines are missing crucial context. A sports medicine physician looks at the data from a different angle.