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Retired NFL Players Get a Health Lesson

Sunday, June 03, 2007 9:03:56 PM
By PAUL NEWBERRY

In this photo provided by Emory University, Chris Slade, former outside linebacker for the New England Patriots is given an ultrasound in Atlanta Sunday, June 3, 2007. Dozens of retired NFL players are part of a growing effort to learn more about the health problems facing retired football players, in hopes of preventing someone else from dying young. (AP Photo/Emory University, Jennifer Johnson)ATLANTA (AP) - Chris Slade is only 36 years old. He tries to stay away from junk food. He still runs four or five times a week. Not exactly the sort of person who would seem at risk of health problems.

Then he remembers Reggie White, the Hall of Famer who died suddenly in 2004.

He was just 43.


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