David Goldberg Died in Mexico, Exercising During Vacation

Re:David Goldberg Died in Mexico, Exercising During Vacation by qohen on Monday May 04, 2015 @12:09PM (#9487053)

Reminiscent of the untimely death of Douglas Adams [1] (author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", etc.) at 49, post-exercise:

Adams died of a heart attack on 11 May 2001, aged 49, after resting from his regular workout at a private gym in Montecito, California. He had unknowingly suffered a gradual narrowing of the coronary arteries, which led at that moment to a myocardial infarction and a fatal cardiac arrhythmia.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams#Death_and_legacy

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Re:David Goldberg Died in Mexico, Exercising During Vacation by mkagenius on Monday May 04, 2015 @02:41PM (#9488154)

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/heart/disorders/coron...

> The American Heart Association (AHA) estimates that about every 34 seconds, an American will have a heart attack. In addition, the lifetime risk of having cardiovascular disease after age 40 is 2 in 3 men and more than 1 in 2 women."

These numbers are so high :(

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Re:David Goldberg Died in Mexico, Exercising During Vacation by cafard on Monday May 04, 2015 @04:05PM (#9488755)

It seems to me that this must use a very broad definition of cardiovascular disease.

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