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Columbia University Medical Center researchers show leaky muscle cells lead to fatigue
02-11-2008 · EurekAlert!What do marathoners and heart failure patients have in common? More than you think according to new findings by physiologists at Columbia University Medical Center. The new study shows that the fatigue that marathoners and other extreme athletes feel at the end of a race is caused by a tiny leak inside their muscles that probably also saps the energy from patients with heart failure.
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