Mar 22, 2017
Courtesy of CBC News Nova Scotia - Brendan Childerley and his family want to thank the people they say saved his life on Feb. 23.
Mar 21, 2017
Courtesy of BT.com - Cardiomyopathy is a condition that can affect babies, children and adults of all ages, and sometimes symptoms go unnoticed.
Mar 21, 2017
Courtesy of CBC News - When Darlene Fournier rushed to help a man whose heart had stopped during a recreational volleyball game earlier this month, she didn't have time to think about anything other than what to do to get the man breathing again.
Mar 20, 2017
WARREN, NJ – Two Watchung Hills students who helped to save a classmate's life were recognized at the meeting of the Watchung Hills Board of Education on Tuesday.
Mar 20, 2017
Good4Utah.com - It may be shocking to see a young, seemingly healthy child go into sudden cardiac arrest.
Mar 20, 2017
Courtesy of BramptonGuardian.com - In what was a remarkable seven-day stretch in Peel recently, 14 bystanders leapt into action to try to save lives using CPR and publicly available AEDs.
Mar 17, 2017
Courtesy of Stanford Medicine - Moderate exercise may not only be safe for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the heart disease most commonly associated with sudden death in athletes, but could provide important health benefits as well, according to a study published in JAMA today.
Mar 15, 2017
The Spurs star forward had been ruled out indefinitely following a test that showed a minor case of arrhythmia over the weekend.
Mar 14, 2017
Courtesy of 2 News (WDTN) - Two months after fighting for his life in a hospital after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest, 10 year-old Poukihi Awai is now learning how to save the lives of others.
Mar 14, 2017
Courtesy of Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan - Even when rapidly treated, less than 10 percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims survive, according to the American Heart Association.
Mar 14, 2017
The benching of a Spurs player with a heart condition is causing some doctors to repeat their recommendation that young athletes be screened for heart problems.
Mar 13, 2017
Courtesy of Knowridge Science Report - A new report presents 10 quality and performance measures that are intended to help stakeholders in the effort to prevent sudden cardiac death.
Mar 12, 2017
Courtesy of Independent Record - Last week about 25 Capital High School freshmen in Lisa Waterman’s physical education class sweated as they biked, ran on treadmills, or took to the elliptical machines to the sounds of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” Strapped to their arms were individual heart monitors.
Mar 12, 2017
Courtesy of Morningside Maryland - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the number killer in the United States. Recent data shows one-third of heart disease’ victims die, before the disease is diagnosed.
Mar 11, 2017
Courtesy of Fox Sports - The San Antonio Spurs already knew they’d be without Kawhi Leonard (concussion protocol) against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night. Just hours ahead of that Western Conference clash, the Spurs received more bad news — and this one’s kind of scary.
Mar 10, 2017
Courtesy of the Jamaica Observer - KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Heart Foundation of Jamaica is warning schools, parents and student athletes not to conceal illnesses in order to have the student participate in sports.
Mar 9, 2017
Researchers from Canada, South Africa and Italy have identified a new gene that can lead to sudden death among young people and athletes.
Mar 9, 2017
Courtesy of WKYT - "We were having a heated match back and forth, with momentum swings and we were in a third set tie breaker," Dr. Hal Skinner, a Cardiologist at Baptist Health said.
Mar 9, 2017
Courtesy of Net Doctor - Every week in the UK, around 12 young people die suddenly from a previously undiagnosed heart condition. And the majority experience no prior symptoms.
Mar 8, 2017
Courtesy of The New England Journal of Medicine - The death of a high school athlete is a highly emotional event. Apart from the devastation within a family unit, the sudden nature of the event and the loss of decades of life have a lasting impact on friends, peers, and both the lay and medical communities.
