7,000 athletes stained pink Logroño in the III Women's Race

A pink tide formed by some 7,000 athletes have taken today the streets of Logroño during the celebration of the III Women's Race, which aims to raise funds for research against childhood cancer .

At the exit were present, among others, the directors of Social Policy, Family, Equality and Justice, Conrado Escobar, and Health, Mary Martin; the mayor of Logroño, Concepción Gamarra; and the president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) in La Rioja, Divine Lopez.

With a festive atmosphere, brokerages, wearing pink shirts, have defied the rain that fell just before the start of the test, which has a distance of 5 kilometers and can be completed running or walking.

In this edition 7,000 women have signed up, a thousand more than last year, and this figure could be exceeded, but the organization had to limit the number of entries by security issues.

Proceeds from the test, in which each participant contributes 10 euros, will be dedicated to pay the second third of the budget of a research project on childhood cancer on immunodeficiency, leukemia and lymphoma, which the AECC allocates a total of 150,000 euros .

This project, already raising the second edition of the Women's Race was dedicated, develops in the Hospital La Paz in Madrid, lasts for three years, began in 2015 and is run by the coordinator of Clinical Immunology service of the health center, Eduardo López-Granados.

Before departure, which have been released pink balloons and triggered confetti same color, the president of the AECC in La Rioja has acknowledged he was "very excited" by the public support that has been obtained in this initiative solidarity.

The mayor of Logroño, who has been involved running, stressed that all participants share their solidarity towards the same "cause", which is the importance of research in the fight against cancer, "a disease in which no one is alone ".

heart attacks and sudden deaths among athletes

There is little likelihood that a young person in good physical shape suffer a heart attack. However, one can not say the same for the athletes. Four years ago, English football fans watched in horror Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba, 23, is suddenly collapsed due to a heart attack during a televised match against Tottenham Hotspur in London.

Luckily, the player was quickly treated by medical staff and one of the Tottenham fans: a consultant cardiologist who helped immediately taken to hospital. Muamba's heart was stopped for 78 minutes but still survived, though no longer plays football professionally.

Dr. Paul Chiam, a cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital , explains why young people have heart attacks and how they can avoid them .

1) What is the leading cause of death or heart failure in healthy young athletes?

The most common cause is sudden cardiac arrest, often due to ventricular fibrillation, ie, an abnormal and irregular heartbeat. The two main causes irregular heartbeats in the heart in young athletes are:

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a thickening of the heart muscle.
Congenital abnormalities affecting the heart's electrical conduction, ie alter their normal pace.

2) Is there sex differences?

Yes, most sudden cardiac arrest occur in men.

3) Are rare cases?

Athletes Until Signed Their First Contracts

Many icons of our society handed away throughout 2015, together with quite a lot of well-known athletes. Pro basketball gamers Moses Malone, Daryl Dawkins, and Dolph Schayes had been among the many Hall of Famers, along with the beloved Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters.

 Major League Baseball misplaced Hall of Famers Yogi Berra of the Yankees and Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs, and the National Football League additionally misplaced a few of its esteemed household in 2015. Among the deceased final 12 months had been operating again Mel Farr and quarterback Ken Stabler, whose nickname was "The Snake."

Also misplaced was probably the most nicely-acknowledged kickers of the Seventies, Garo Yepremian of the Miami Dolphins. In spite of being a improbable kicker on Super Bowl champion groups, Yepremian might be higher bear in mind for a misplay within the 1972 AFC-NFC championship matchup towards the Washington Redskins.

The Dolphins led 14-zero when coach Don Shula despatched Yepremian to aim a subject aim that will put Miami up by one other three factors. After the kick was blocked, Yepremian picked up the ball and tried to cross it. As the ball slipped from his hand, Garo batted the ball earlier than it hit the bottom. Unfortunately, it landed within the arms of Washington defensive again Mike Bass, who returned all of it the way in which to the tip zone for a Redskins landing.

Another unlikely story regarding Yepremian is the place he was working when he signed his first professional soccer contract. He was working in his basement tie store in 1970 when the Dolphins found him, an unlikely place of employment for a future NFL star.

A handful of different well-known athletes had been working as day laborers once they signed on to play at or close to the skilled stage. Most outstanding might be NBA Hall of Famer Larry Bird, who went on to win a number of championships with the Boston Celtics after having been working for a sanitation division when Indiana State University signed him.