# Ep141: Space Medicine Part 2- really remote practice

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Podcast: [Pomegranate Health](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pomegranate-health-4653)
Published: 2026-02-02T02:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

The record for the longest space-flight is held by physician-cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov. Back in 1994-95, he spent 437 days on the Mir space station and grew 4 centimetres in height through elongation of his spine in micro-gravity. Polyakov had an uncomfortable ride back to Earth in the very precisely customised descent module. Microgravity also causes demineralization of weight-bearing bones that is faster than age-related decline. But the cosmonaut had worked out religiously for the en...

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