Jan 26, 2017
For one Colorado man, the power of social media helped him to locate the good Samaritans who saved his life during a Florida half-marathon almost two weeks ago.
Jan 25, 2017
Courtesy of American Family Physician - Each year, a number of children and adolescents die suddenly from cardiac problems that are associated with a small subgroup of disorders and high-risk behaviors. While sudden cardiac death in any child or adolescent is distressing, it can be particularly devastating when it occurs in a seemingly healthy young athlete.
Jan 25, 2017
Two hours before last Friday’s basketball games, Rancho Bernardo High’s head athletic trainer, Robbie Bowers, reviewed with his team its emergency protocols.
Jan 24, 2017
Courtesy of SecondsCount.org - When a young athlete dies on the field as a result of a heart condition no one ever imagined he or she had, it’s tragic for everyone involved.
Jan 24, 2017
Courtesy of recordonline.com - Heart disease, the leading cause of death in America, can be combatted by implementing a simple walking regimen, according to researchers at Binghamton University-State University of New York.
Jan 24, 2017
Even a fit and healthy professional athlete can suffer from sudden cardiac arrest—but a look at Olympic skater Paul Wylie’s story may help to shed some light on what you need to know about the latest advancements in implantable heart devices that protect against sudden cardiac arrest and treat other irregular heart rhythms.
Jan 23, 2017
Courtesy of News Medical Life Sciences - A new national survey by Orlando Health found that most women are unaware of the age at which heart screenings should begin.
Jan 20, 2017
Courtesy of News 4 Jax - Friends, families and staff of the Wolfson Children’s Hospital volunteered their time Thursday for an annual telethon at WJXT Channel 4.
Jan 19, 2017
(Reuters Health) - Some Olympic athletes could be at risk while training and competing because of heart defects or dysfunction that they may not even know about, Italian researchers say.
Jan 19, 2017
JERRY “The King” Lawler made a return to SmackDown Live for the first time in months for Tuesday’s episode but his interview with Dolph Ziggler quickly turned into a horrifying reminder that he nearly died on air in 2012.
Jan 19, 2017
Courtesy of The Landmark - Local families are celebrating a new state law that will require automatic external defibrillators in every public school in the Commonwealth.
Jan 18, 2017
Courtesy of the Cleveland Clinic - An arrhythmia (also called dysrhythmia) is an irregular or abnormal heartbeat.
Jan 18, 2017
Courtesy of the Mayo Clinic - Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexplained death, usually during sleep, of a seemingly healthy baby less than a year old. SIDS is sometimes known as crib death because the infants often die in their cribs.
Jan 18, 2017
Courtesy of the Cleveland Clinic - ARVD is a rare form of cardiomyopathy in which the heart muscle of the right ventricle (RV) is replaced by fat and/or fibrous tissue. The right ventricle is dilated and contracts poorly. As a result, the ability of the heart to pump blood is usually weakened. Patients with ARVD often have arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms), which can increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest or death.
Jan 18, 2017
Courtesy of The Boca Raton Tribune - According to the Heart Association, more than 80,000,000 Americans have some form of heart disease. Four culprits – smoking, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol – play a major role in contributing to heart disease by causing inflammation in the heart’s arteries.
Jan 17, 2017
Courtesy of The Richmond Register - In today’s fast-paced world where convenience trumps healthy home-cooked meals, it has become increasingly to promote heart health with the foods we eat at home, especially because heart disease remains the nation’s number one killer.
Jan 17, 2017
Courtesy of the Mayo Clinic - In Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, an extra electrical pathway between your heart's upper and lower chambers causes a rapid heartbeat. The extra pathway is present at birth and fairly rare.
Jan 16, 2017
Courtesy of the News Letter - The father of a young man heralded for his exceptional resolve in the face of a nightmarish disability known as locked-in syndrome has given his backing to a medical charity’s awards programme.
Jan 13, 2017
Courtesy of the Cleveland Clinic - Brugada syndrome is a condition that causes an abnormal heart rhythm in the heart’s lower chambers (ventricles). This irregular heartbeat can cause fainting (syncope) and lead to sudden cardiac death (SCD).
Jan 13, 2017
Courtesy of the Cleveland Clinic - If you have SQTS, your heart beats at a normal rate, but the time it takes to recover (the Q-T interval) is much shorter.
