Dr. Melissa Ilardo

They had larger spleens, they had higher red blood cell count, but they did not have any change in erythropoietin, which is how we normally think about changes in red blood cell count. This is a drug that was really popular with cyclists for a while. People would self-dose with erythropoietin and it would increase their red blood cell count dramatically to improve their performance.

They had larger spleens, they had higher red blood cell count, but they did not have any change in erythropoietin, which is how we normally think about changes in red blood cell count. This is a drug that was really popular with cyclists for a while. People would self-dose with erythropoietin and it would increase their red blood cell count dramatically to improve their performance.

This is a drug that was really popular with cyclists for a while.

People would self-dose with erythropoietin and it would increase their red blood cell count dramatically to improve their performance.

So this is like an erythropoietin independent mechanism of increasing your red blood cell count that could have an advantage in performance, I think.

So this is like an erythropoietin independent mechanism of increasing your red blood cell count that could have an advantage in performance, I think.

So this is like an erythropoietin independent mechanism of increasing your red blood cell count that could have an advantage in performance, I think.

So this is like an erythropoietin independent mechanism of increasing your red blood cell count that could have an advantage in performance, I think.

Yeah, absolutely.

Yeah, absolutely.

Yeah, absolutely.

Yeah, absolutely.

Oh, absolutely.

Oh, absolutely.

Oh, absolutely.

Oh, absolutely.

I haven't seen any studies that look at that, but it would be really interesting because, yeah, I mean, like you, I also would do anything to not get sick.

I haven't seen any studies that look at that, but it would be really interesting because, yeah, I mean, like you, I also would do anything to not get sick. And we do see in these populations a lot of older people who are continuing to dive. And there is a seeming health and robustness that I wonder if it's related to the activity of diving itself.

I haven't seen any studies that look at that, but it would be really interesting because, yeah, I mean, like you, I also would do anything to not get sick. And we do see in these populations a lot of older people who are continuing to dive. And there is a seeming health and robustness that I wonder if it's related to the activity of diving itself.

I haven't seen any studies that look at that, but it would be really interesting because, yeah, I mean, like you, I also would do anything to not get sick. And we do see in these populations a lot of older people who are continuing to dive. And there is a seeming health and robustness that I wonder if it's related to the activity of diving itself.