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989 - A Sharp Rise in Pickleball Injuries

12/18/2025 • 12 min

About this episode: The only thing increasing faster than the number of new pickleball players is the number of pickleball injuries. Between 2017 and 2022, sports medicine experts saw a seven-fold increase in injuries. In this episode: orthopedic surgeon Eric Bowman tells Stephanie Desmon—Public Health On Call's resident pickleball devotee—what's driving these i… Play episode

988 - An End to Animal Testing?
987 - The Disturbing War Strategy of Attacking Health Care
986 - "Information Sick"
985 - How to Investigate a Cancer Cluster
984 - Sneak Attacks: How Viruses Can Hide In Our Bodies and Cause Problems…
983 - Why Do We Believe Misinformation?
982 - An Uncertain Outlook for Injury Prevention in the U.S.
981 - Maine's Largest Ever HIV Outbreak
980 - Why Early Introduction Helps Reduce Children's Peanut Allergies
979 - Why Are More People Choosing Not to Vaccinate Their Pets?
978 - Advancing Robotic Telesurgery
977 - The Health Risks of Alcohol
976 - Championing the Just Treatment of People Who Use Substances
975 - A Tumultuous Year for NIH Funding
974 - Caring for Children in War-Torn Ukraine
973 - Baltimore's Record Low in Homicides
972 - Inside Rising Health Insurance Costs
971 - An Update on Syphilis in the Great Plains Region
970 - What We Know—and Still Don't Know—About Long COVID
969 - Access to In Vitro Fertilization, 2025
968 - An End to the Household Food Security Report
967 - An Update on Baltimore's Swimmable Harbor and the Pistachio Tide
966 - "CDC is a horrible place to be at this time"
965 - Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Medication Use During Pregnancy
964 - Supporting the Public Health Workforce in Challenging Times
963 - Separating the MMR Vaccine?
962 - Buprenorphine Can Save Lives—If You Can Get It
961 - The Science Behind Home Remedies with The People's Pharmacy
960 - How Pharmacists Improve Community Health
959 - The Apprenticeship That Saved My Life
958 - The Executive Order on Homelessness
957 - The Formula for Better Health
956 - Medical Care in Immigration Detention
955 - Mental Health Care in ICE Custody
954 - Preventing Suicide
953 - Interpreting the Data on Tylenol, Pregnancy, and Autism
952 - The Atomic Bomb, 80 Years Later
951 - Dr. Debra Houry on Her Decision to Leave the CDC
950 - Michael Osterholm on Vaccine Policy in 2025
949 - A Roadmap for Helping Adolescents Thrive
948 - Recent "Expert Panels" Could Undermine the FDA's Credibility
947 - "Taxpayer Money Went to Buy Food to Feed People… Now It's Being Burn…
946 - Baltimore's Back-to-Back Mass Overdoses
945 - Keeping Cool in One of America's Hottest Cities
944 - How Credit Scores Impact Your Health
943 - Who Can Get a COVID Vaccine This Fall?
942 - Could One Health Prevent the Next Pandemic?
941 - Back to School: How Vermont is Addressing Chronic Absence
940 - A Brief Update: CDC in Crisis

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