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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Study Targets Firefighters' Heart-Attack Risk

Indiana University has monitored local firefighters to find the past six months for a way to help lower the risk of heart attacks. The Indianapolis Star reports that researchers monitored the heart rates of 56 members of the Indianapolis Fire Department to determine which job aspects create the most dangerous stress. The study is funded by a $1 million federal grant. The study showed that heart rates speed up on the way to a fire and take hours to return to a normal rate. "A world-class marathoner might run 85% to 90%," Jim Brown, a visiting scientist at ...

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