Word: heart
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...November 7, 1997, Billy Jack Saylor, a Campbell University wrestler, died of a heart attack while trying to shed pounds before dawn. Saylor was riding a stationary bike while wearing a rubber suit--a common technique used to lose water-weight. While Saylor's death through dehydration may have seemed like a tragic fluke to some, November had yet another shocking event in store...
...weeks later, Wisconsin-LaCrosse wrestler Joe LaRosa died under similar circumstances while attempting to make a lower weight class for an upcoming meet. The results were typical, if extreme: a wrestler cutting weight can experience any combination of kidney failure, heat stroke, or heart attack through rapid weight loss incurred by dehydration...
There was no next morning for Jefferey Reese; Reese also died of a heart attack while exercising...
This technique uses slightly radioactive dyes, which are injected into the bloodstream and then tracked in the blood by special rotating cameras. A three-dimensional image of blood flow is created, which doctors use to diagnose diseases of the brain, heart and other vital organs...
...bacteria leads to a wide variety of bacterial pathologies, from fatal pulmonary infections to painful skin burns. Blood infection, infection of the heart valves, infection of the lungs, meningitis (invasion of the spinal cord), osteomyelitis (infection of bone marrow), septic arthritis and perinephric abscess may also result. Many of these conditions can lead to death...