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Episode 28: Former US football athletes at higher risk of heart disease and a shorter lifespan Maximum Wellness

    • Self-Improvement

"Former US football athletes are at increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality compared with the general population and other professional athletes." That’s a strong conclusion coming from medical researchers from Emory and Furman Universities writing – Weight Gain, Hypertension, and the Emergence of Maladaptive Cardiovascular Phenotypes Among US Football Players – which appeared in the October 16, 2019, online issue of JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Car...

"Former US football athletes are at increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality compared with the general population and other professional athletes." That’s a strong conclusion coming from medical researchers from Emory and Furman Universities writing – Weight Gain, Hypertension, and the Emergence of Maladaptive Cardiovascular Phenotypes Among US Football Players – which appeared in the October 16, 2019, online issue of JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Car...

7 min