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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
...or not, a misleading headline as explained by NHS Choices:
?Marathons can damage you heart,? according to a report in the Daily Mirror.
BBC News and The Daily Telegraph reported similar findings based on a small study that examined the hearts of 40 endurance athletes before, immediately after and one week after endurance events. These events ranged from a regular marathon (42.2km of running) up to an ultra-triathlon (comprising a 3.8km swim, a 180km cycle and then a full marathon).
The research found that immediately after the race there was a small, generally temporary drop in the efficiency of the right ventricle, the chamber of the heart that pumps blood to the lungs.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/12December/pages/endurance-exercise-short-term-heart-damage.aspx
?Marathons can damage you heart,? according to a report in the Daily Mirror.
BBC News and The Daily Telegraph reported similar findings based on a small study that examined the hearts of 40 endurance athletes before, immediately after and one week after endurance events. These events ranged from a regular marathon (42.2km of running) up to an ultra-triathlon (comprising a 3.8km swim, a 180km cycle and then a full marathon).
The research found that immediately after the race there was a small, generally temporary drop in the efficiency of the right ventricle, the chamber of the heart that pumps blood to the lungs.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/12December/pages/endurance-exercise-short-term-heart-damage.aspx