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Puzzleheaded_Runner t1_iwfq0jf wrote

Oddly enough I got thyroid cancer when I was 27 and running 20 miles a week… sometimes just bad luck. I would never give up exercise though. It is my antidepressant.

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ginrumryeale t1_iwh7ovq wrote

Yes, a friend of mine was a phenomenal athlete, he won his age-group at the Iron-Man in Kona Hawaii, but died just a few years later of a brain tumor.

Sometimes even if the odds are in your favor, your luck runs out.

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SerialStateLineXer t1_iwkqdlr wrote

The article says that it needs to be very intense exercise, around 85% of max heart rate.

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