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OT: RIP Vontae Davis

Dying young is a routine thing these days

Good player
1st rounder...2x pro bowl and all-pro
2x all B1G 1st team
 
This one hit me hard. He was a consummate pro. Didn't even want the media attention.
 
Dying young is a routine thing these days

Good player
1st rounder...2x pro bowl and all-pro
2x all B1G 1st team
Not routine at all, more rare than at any point in history.

Vernon’s brother, quit the NFL mid game.
 
Not routine at all, more rare than at any point in history.

Vernon’s brother, quit the NFL mid game.

I did see Vernon was his bro - family cornered the market on some genes

Young folks getting sick with things they never used to get much


"The rise in younger men and women developing colon cancer is a trend Alicia Logue, MD, has observed over the last 10 years. She is a fellowship-trained colorectal surgery specialist at the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center."

“If I were asked the average age of a patient when I finished residency 16 years ago, my answer would be different,” she said. “Now, at least 1/3 of my patients are under 50.”


"Young people are more likely to die of heart attacks post-COVID, study finds. But why?
A recent study found that heart attacks in people ages 25 to 44 increased by 30% compared to the expected number over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic."


Heart infection deaths rising among young adults

More Young People Than Ever Will Get Colorectal Cancer This Year
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