Marathons Damage the Hearts of Less Fit Runners for Up to Three Months, MRI Data Suggest

Marathons damage the hearts of less fit runners for up to three months, MRI data suggest

ScienceDaily (2010-10-25) -- Is running a marathon good for you or can it damage the heart? A team of researchers and runners from the Heart and Stroke Foundation have come up with a practical way of answering the question. They used data from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to find out what is really going on in the marathoner's heart as the kilometers pile up. ... > read full article