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The Morning According to Us

By Paul Kix

Monday, March 30, 2009

Perhaps the best thing that can be said about the Pitt Panthers losing Saturday is that fans should be thankful the Pittsburgh Steelers won in February. A growing body of research shows that too many high-stakes, high-drama games cause fans of the losing team to die. Dr. Robert Kloner, a cardiologist from L.A., presented a study in Orlando this weekend that found a 22 percent spike in deaths from heart attacks in the two weeks after the Rams lost the Super Bowl to the Steelers in 1980. Kloner ...

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