Paradox

Fitness

The Athlete Paradox: Why Endurance Runners Can Have More Coronary Plaque

Running can improve your cardiovascular outlook without making you immune to cardiovascular disease. Here’s how to make sense of the research on endurance athletes and coronary plaque.

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Men's Health

The persisting paradox of men’s health

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Fitness

The Abilene Paradox: Why Groups Do What No One Wants to Do

On Dying Breed, We’re a book club where we are reading Lonely pigeon. If you haven’t read lonely pigeon, The basic plot is that two former Texas Rangers – Woodrow Call and Augustus McCray – lead a cattle drive up the Rio Grande to Montana. In fact, the call itself leads. Gus mostly drinks whiskey

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