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Date: 07 Dec 2006 12:51:33
From: runsrealfast
Subject: Re: article on high 2006 marathon death rate
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rick++ wrote:
> A NYTimes article about the six known cardiac deaths in
> 2006 US marathons and asking why. Plus two studies
> looking at marathoner's hearts.
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/07/fashion/07Fitness.html
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> I'm suggesting its just lot of us geezers (over 40s) running them.
> Running reduces cardiac problems but doesnt eliminate them.
two points from that article:
1.
"Experts familiar with the new cardiac studies of marathoners urge
caution and perspective. The numbers of people studied were small, the
findings unexplained, and results have not yet been replicated.
Don't use the studies, in other words, to justify parking yourself
smugly on the couch. "There's not yet in my opinion cause for
alarm," Dr. Thompson said. "I would still tell people, run.""
2.
"His words doubtless will cheer Mr. Turner. "You know the worst thing
about almost dying?" he said. "That I didn't finish." After
having had a stent installed in his heart to open an artery that was
about 98 percent blocked, he's now walking a mile a day and planning
his comeback. "I want to get that 10th marathon in," he said.
But not before he gets a full medical screening, including a spiral CT
scan. "
Even runners need to go to a doctor. Having a blocked artery will doom
anyone, no matter what shape you are in.
John
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