Some may find this article on athletes' physical testing interesting

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Not your father or mother’s physical

Testing of student-athletes has come a long way but some say it’s not enough in the aftermath of two from Collier County who died recently

By LIZ FREEMAN

Thursday, March 27, 2008

The sudden death of a student-athlete leaves a grieving community to ponder why it can happen in this day and age of precise diagnostic testing.

Maybe the student’s doctor didn’t suspect an underlying heart abnormality and cardiac screening was not performed.

Perhaps the physical examination at the high school isn’t all that it is believed to be and parents put too much faith in it.

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