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February 4, 2011

Super Bowl Cardiac Arrests?

Katharine Gammon, Life's Little Mysteries


Life's Little Mysteries

Earlier this week, results from a study were released that put more on the line for fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers than just Super Bowl XLV bragging rights: Fans of the team that lost the Super Bowl, the study claimed, were 15 percent more likely to die of cardiac arrest in the days following the game.

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TAGGED: football, cardiac arrest, Super Bowl, sudden cardiac death

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