"Christine Albert" is an American singer-songwriter raised in upstate New York. At age 16 she moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she began her music career, and then relocated to Austin, Texas in 1982. She began recording in 1990. Her music is French bilingual, with Texas country. In 1994 she appeared on the Public Broadcasting Service/PBS music television program Austin City Limits with Paul Glasse.

Christine also currently serves as the elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization that puts on the Grammy awards.

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In our study, the women who were not previously exercising but then did what was out of the ordinary for them, acute bursts of exercise, were at a slightly elevated risk of having sudden cardiac death while they exercised.

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Despite all of the known benefits of exercise, there are also well-documented associations between acute episodes of exertion and sudden cardiac death. Although relatively rare, these deaths commonly occur in an unexpected fashion among those who appear quite healthy.

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To our knowledge, this analysis is the first to assess both the transient and long-term risk of sudden cardiac death associated with physical activity among women.

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In comparison to a prior study that we did among male physicians, the risk of sudden cardiac death during vigorous exertion was approximately 19 times higher in men than in women. On the other hand, women who exercised four or more hours per week reduced their risk of sudden cardiac death during exercise by about sixty percent.

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