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Sudden death after arrest may be new syndrome | Health | Reuters

MUNICH (Reuters) - Young men who die suddenly after being arrested by the police may be victims of a new syndrome similar to one that kills some wild animals when they are captured, Spanish researchers said on Tuesday.

Manuel Martinez Selles of Madrid's Hospital Gregorio Maranon reached the conclusion after investigating 60 cases of sudden unexplained deaths in Spain following police detention.

In one third of the cases, death occurred at the point of arrest, while in the remainder death was within 24 hours, Selles told the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology.

All but one of the casualties were male and their average age was just 33 years, with no previous history of cardiovascular disease.

"Something unusual is going on," Sells said.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 03:15:14 PM EST
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course, falling down the stairs to the cells several times won't help. And neither will hitting the policeman's boot with their jaw while lying on the ground.

I wonder what might be causing this.....

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 05:09:31 PM EST
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My step-grandmother, a doctor, once had the cops bring in a badly bruised dying young man the morning after a demo. He'd tripped and fallen down the stairs at the station they said. She asked which station, they named one which was just one story - no stairs.  
by MarekNYC on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 at 05:17:51 PM EST
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It would be funny if it weren't so sad.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 03:34:07 AM EST
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