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Kentucky Fatality Update News Coverage
Author: CBS 42 News
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Nutritional Abuse
The frequent over-emphasis on winning in sports may drive some young athletes to abuse their nutritional status, often with dangerous consequences. Taking steroids is the most blatant form of this abuse, but nutritional abuse is almost as serious
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Heart Disease in the Young Athlete
Sudden death in the young athlete is rare, estimated at one out of 100,000 to 300,000 per year. The occurrence is approximately 12 per year in high school athletes, with a male predominance. An underlying cardiovascular disease that is usually asymptomatic and undiagnosed is responsible for most of these tragic events
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Safe Landings
Diving out of bounds is just one of the risk areas to be aware of in the game of basketball. But you can make your program and your players safer by following this risk management plan...
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