Jul 6, 2017
Courtesy of USA Today High School Sports - Cheraw High School junior, Dorrell McFarland, 17, went into cardiac arrest, according to friends. The teen was airlifted to Charleston where he died Monday.
Jul 6, 2017
Courtesy of The Review - Sudden cardiac death is one of the main causes of death among young athletes.
Jul 5, 2017
AAP News & Journals - Sudden unexplained death in pediatrics (SUDP) is an inclusive term for sudden deaths in children that remain unexplained by standard autopsy and death scene investigation, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), sudden unexpected infant death, sudden unexplained death in childhood, and undetermined deaths.
Jul 5, 2017
Courtesy of Safety.BLR - The American Heart Association (AHA) has launched a new campaign to promote first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and automatic external defibrillator (AED) training.
Jul 5, 2017
Courtesy of Express - SIX out of 10 patients with inherited ‘silent killer’ heart conditions are being put in danger of unnecessary early death because GPs are misdiagnosing them with anxiety, according to new research.
Jul 4, 2017
Courtesy of HospiMedica - A specially constructed drone equipped with a defibrillator can be delivered automatically to the site of a cardiac arrest long before an ambulance arrives.
Jul 4, 2017
Courtesy of Daily Mail - People with deadly heart conditions are mistakenly being diagnosed with stress, research suggests.
Jul 2, 2017
Courtesy of The Mercury News - A rare heart arrhythmia triggered the sudden death of Homestead High basketball player Kimberly Nuestro, according to her father.
Jun 30, 2017
Courtesy of Eight West News - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is the most common genetic cardiovascular disorder, and affects at least 1 in 500 people in the United States.
Jun 30, 2017
Courtesy of Portsmouth Daily Times - Wednesday, June 8, 2016 looked to be another calm, late spring day for Tracy, Kayla, and Kayla’s older sister, Josalyn Grube, with Tracy out providing for her kids, who were enjoying the beginning of summer break. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t end that way.
Jun 30, 2017
Courtesy of The Hindu - Heart failure is the most common cause of hospitalisation but the good news is there are newer treatment options available to treat heart failure and sudden cardiac arrest.
Jun 30, 2017
Courtesy of UC San Diego Health - After three decades of feeling sick, exhausted and frustrated, Coppla was finally diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm that causes the top chambers of the heart to quiver.
Jun 29, 2017
Courtesy of The Siver Times - 17% of children and French teenagers are overweight or obese. A statistic that worries health authorities.
Jun 28, 2017
Courtesy of Philadelphia Weekly - By the end of June, the Philadelphia School District will have equipped each of its 214 schools with an automated emergency defibrillator.
Jun 28, 2017
Courtesy of EurekAlert! - New Israeli study shows even BMIs in normal range associated with increased cardiovascular risk.
Jun 28, 2017
SafeBeat and Wolfson Children’s Hospital of Jacksonville, Florida, have finalized an agreement with the goal to provide free preventative heart screenings for middle and high-school students in North Florida and South Georgia.
Jun 27, 2017
Courtesy of Cherokee Tribune-Ledger News - The most common of cardiac myopathies, HCM is thought to be prevalent in 1 out of 500 individuals.
Jun 27, 2017
Courtesy of The Irish Times - GAA player Cathal Joyce woke up at the sideline, surrounded by paramedics, and was so weak he couldn’t lift his arms and didn’t know what was happening.
Jun 26, 2017
Courtesy of Associations Now - Two recent American Heart Association surveys revealed that U.S. workers are not prepared for cardiac emergencies at the office.
Jun 26, 2017
Courtesy of Medical Express - A Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute investigator and his team have developed a new risk assessment tool that brings physicians closer to predicting who is most likely to suffer a sudden cardiac arrest, a condition that is fatal in more than 90 percent of patients.
