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Why Do So Many People Die Of Heart Attacks While Shoveling Snow ?
why do so many people die of heart attacks while shoveling snow ? I wouldnt think it would be any more strenous then running on a treadmill or chopping wood etc.... is it because of the cold air ?
Fri, 18 Dec 2009
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Shoveling snow stresses the heart while the body is trying to stay warm. They die because it happened then. There is no sense or rhyme or reason for it.
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