May 8, 2017
Courtesy of CTV News - Consuming too much salt is having a negative effect on teenager's health, and could possibly lead to cardiovascular disease in adulthood.
May 8, 2017
Courtesy of Cardiology Advisor - The risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD)/ventricular arrhythmias is considerably higher in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) compared with patients without AF, according to data recently published in Nature's Scientific Reports.
May 8, 2017
Courtesy of The Herald - It’s not every day you hear a story starting with “when I died,” but that’s how 22-year-old Amber Moloney remembers Feb. 6.
May 6, 2017
Courtesy of ABC Online - Darryl Madder was putting his feet up after a hard day of work at his Cairns nursery one day two-and-a-half years ago, when suddenly everything went dark.
May 5, 2017
Courtesy of NewsMax Health - When someone goes into cardiac arrest, quick action from bystanders can have a long-lasting impact, researchers say.
May 3, 2017
Courtesy of Science Daily - Sudden cardiac death resulting from fibrillation -- erratic heartbeat due to electrical instability -- is one of the leading causes of death in the United States.
May 3, 2017
Courtesy of CapeCod.com News - When it comes to heart disease, understanding the differences between heart attack, cardiac arrest and heart failure isn’t easy.
May 2, 2017
Courtesy of WebMD - Young athletes should be screened with two common heart tests, not just one -- or early signs of life-threatening heart defects may be missed, researchers report.
May 2, 2017
Courtesy of Tallahassee Democrat - Davion Mikel Stephens, the Chiles special needs student who was rushed to a hospital after falling on the school's tennis courts last week, died Tuesday.
May 2, 2017
Courtesy of The Journal Gazette - Two off-duty police officers and a nurse who happened to be in the stands helped save the life of a young player who collapsed during a Little League Baseball game.
May 2, 2017
Courtesy of WLKY - A runner who went into cardiac arrest at the finish line of Saturday's mini-marathon is out of the hospital.
May 1, 2017
Courtesy of S TV News - Tributes have been paid to a talented teenage footballer who collapsed and died of a suspected cardiac arrest mid-way through an under-15s match.
Apr 27, 2017
Courtesy of EMS 1 - Automatic CPR devices have been available for several decades now, yet they haven’t received widespread acceptance as the standard of care for cardiac arrest management. Here are 10 things you need to know about automatic CPR devices:
Apr 27, 2017
Courtesy of Charleston Gazette-Mail - Izak Young remembers Leland Brown II as a friend who felt like an older brother. Young was devastated the day in May 2014 that Brown died of sudden cardiac arrest at age 15, while playing basketball at his St. Albans home with friends.
Apr 26, 2017
Courtesy of Daily Mail - A rugby player who collapsed and died after suffering a head injury during a training match had suffered two other similar injuries in the nine months before her death.
Apr 26, 2017
Courtesy of Meridian Press - When Rick West was bowling at Meridian Lanes in February, he noticed commotion several lanes away. “There was a bunch of people standing around somebody on the floor, and all I could see was the feet,” he said.
Apr 26, 2017
Courtesy of The Hippocratic Post - Every week, 12 apparently fit and healthy young (aged 35 and under) people in the UK die from a previously undiagnosed heart condition. In 80% of cases, there will have been no signs or symptoms.
Apr 25, 2017
Courtesy of Medical Express - Researchers who studied beer drinkers at the Munich Octoberfest have found that the more alcohol consumed the higher was the likelihood of developing abnormal heart rhythms called cardiac arrhythmias.
Apr 25, 2017
Courtesy of Salisbury Journal - AN Amesbury woman who suffered a cardiac arrest while out shopping says she would not be here today if it was not for the efforts of everyone who came to her aid.
Apr 25, 2017
Courtesy of ABC Action News - 13-years-old and already 6 feet 1 inch tall. You bet Alvin Williams Junior dreamed of playing in the NBA.
