NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teens and young adults who regularly train and compete in sports are more than twice as likely to experience sudden death than non-athletes, according to a new study. The findings are based on death rates from more than 1 million young Italians, of whom 112,790 were competitive athletes.In most cases, sudden death among athletes was due to an underlying heart condition, such as coronary artery disease. As a result, the study authors, led by Dr. Domenico Corrado of the University of Padua, write that engaging in sports likely triggers death from another cause, and does...
