Marathons Won't Give You a Heart Attack

By Emily Sohn Published at January 12, 2012 Views 731 Comments 3 Likes 1

Running 26.2 miles may make you sweaty and sore, but it won’t give you a heart attack, found a new study. The finding offers a comforting counterpoint to the media frenzy that often follows when someone drops to the ground with cardiac arrest during a marathon. In the majority of cases, the new study found, athletes had a preexisting heart condition that would've likely become a problem even if victims had never signed up for a long-distance event.

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CJB
CJB November 13 at 1:22 pm

I have an Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm on my pancreas, does anyone have any information?
ch79
ch79 November 11 at 10:25 am   
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I had fusion at L4-L5 and ended up with more pain and searing pain down my right leg. The surgeon who did the surgery kept telling me it was fine and it would get better. After two years he said it was the disk below and wanted to surgery on that disk. I too had trouble finding a surgeon who would see me because of having surgery already but I eventually did. I had a revision and for 8 months I felt great! Now I have pain again in my back but I also have others health problems that he thinks are contributing to it. Keep at it and you will find someone who will help you! Good luck
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misr­eneg­ade November 11 at 8:07 am

I had fusion on L5, L4, and L3, in 1995, I am now having extreme pain in the same area and down my legs to a point where my legs get very weak. The surgeon that did the surgery is now practicing in another State, and having prior surgery I am running into surgeons saying they can't help me. I am in extreme pain and no one wants to help