Marathons and Heart Attack Mortality (VIDEO)

Harvard Medical School

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People who suffer heart attacks or cardiac arrests in the vicinity of an ongoing major marathon are more likely to die within a month due to delays in transportation to nearby hospitals, according to research from Harvard Medical School.

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