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465. Introducing a New “Freakonomics of Medicine” Podcast

Freakonomics Radio

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Do Marathons Cause Delays in Treatment?

A team of researchers at Harvard analyzed data from 11 biggest marathons in the United States. They found people who lived in zip codes along those race routes had either a hard attack or a cardiacres on the day a marathon was held. The over 65 crowd, simply because they are older, are the group that's most likely to have heart attacks and cardiacarest now why do we focus on heart attack and cardiacarest as sed to any other sort of medical care? Well, for one, they are emergencies, and that means their random. People don't choose when they happen.

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