Getting Slower? It Might Not Be Aging. | J. Sawalla Guseh | TEDxBoston Salon

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What if getting slower isn’t simply a consequence of aging, but a warning sign that something in your body has changed? Cardiologist and physician-scientist J. Sawalla Guseh explores why cardiorespiratory fitness is one of the most informative measures of human health—and why a change from your personal baseline may matter even before obvious symptoms appear. Drawing on a century of exercise physiology, research linking fitness to longevity, and the story of an athlete whose unexpected decline in performance led to a surprising cardiac diagnosis, Guseh makes the case for treating fitness as a vital sign. His message is simple: Know your fitness. Know when it changes. Aging, Exercise, Fitness, Heart health, Medicine, Physiology J. Sawalla Guseh, MD, is a cardiologist, physician-scientist, and Director of the Cardiovascular Performance Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and serves as a team cardiologist for th

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