As girth grows, risk of sudden cardiac death shrinks

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 06:07 in Health & Medicine

Obesity has long been identified as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and heart failure. But, a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Centre found that being skinny confers no advantage when it comes to the risk of dying suddenly from cardiac causes...

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