?Sudden Dead Doctor Syndrome: 'Unknown' Causes Overtakes Cancer and Heart Disease as the Leading Cause of Death
Dr. Roger Hodkinson: "Sudden adult death syndrome, of which these physicians are probably examples of, is now the commonest cause of death, at least in Alberta, where I live. That means more people are dying unexpectedly with no cause than are dying from strokes and heart attacks, and diabetes, for example. It's never, ever happened before."