The chapter discusses the negative health effects of marathons, including increased mortality rates and ambulance transport delays. It highlights the importance of understanding the underlying mechanisms and distinguishing between statistical and clinical significance in medical studies.
Do marathons kill people who aren't in the race? Does when you're born make you more likely to get the flu? And what's the difference between a good doctor and a bad one? These are some of the questions Anupam Bapu Jena of Harvard University and EconTalk host Russ Roberts take up as they discuss Jena's book, Random Acts of Medicine.