Marathon Runners Likely to Suffer Heart Complications
Written by WTJ on March 14, 2010 – 10:01 am -
A study will be presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Atlanta on March 15. The study was regarding to running marathon expose runners to risks of high blood pressure and heart complications. Despina Kardara, a researcher from Athens Medical School and Hippokration Hospital in Athens, said that people who don’t exercise and who exercise excessively will stress the cardiovascular system, hence at higher risk of developing heart-related problems. However exercise moderately will provide protective effects.
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March 14th, 2010 at 10:10 am
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April 11th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Hmm, always thought exercizing is good for your health. Are there any more studies that prove this theorem?