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Students at Richards Middle School in Fraser are dealing with an unexpected loss following the death of an eighth who collapsed in gym class.  Read More...

Louisiana Tech running back Tyrone Duplessis died Thursday morning after medics responded to an emergency call at his off-campus apartment. Read More...

After collapsing at wrestling practice Wednesday night and being air-lifted to Denver, Summit High School Senior Tristan White was on life support and still in critical condition Thursday, according to Summit School District spokeswoman Jaimee Borger. Read More...

Twinsburg Township -- A wave of sadness washed over Twinsburg High School staff and students Jan. 26 as they learned of the sudden death of 17-year-old Jason Lilly. Read More...

When Red Wing School District began installing automated external defibrillators in its buildings a few years ago, high school Principal Beth Borgen said she hoped they would never need to be opened. Read More...

A mere five minutes without cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after a sudden cardiac arrest is enough to cause brain damage or death. Read More...

The NHLBI today announced the launch of two large clinical trials evaluating treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.  Read More...

Colorado students would have to know CPR and how to operate automated external defibrillators in order to graduate from high school under a new bill introduced Wednesday. Read More...

Janet’s Law, which would require all grades K-12 public and private schools grades to have a readily-accessible automated external defibrillator (AED) on site, passed the state Senate Education Committee by a unanimous vote on Tuesday, Jan. 24, in Trenton, according to the leaders of the Janet Fund of Warren Township. Read More...

The 16 fourth-graders who recently formed Heritage School's first student council have become the first link in the chain of survival for classmates, school staff and visitors. Read More...

An eighth grade student at Raymore-Peculiar East Middle School died after collapsing during warm-up routines in gym class.  Read More...

A 21-year-old Gardner-Webb student lost consciousness in class this afternoon and died. Read More...

Grafton High School senior Josh Davis-Joiner collapsed a few minutes into basketball practice Monday and later died.  Read More...

Some pediatricians continue to do electrocardiograms (EKGs) on children before starting them on medication for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, new research suggests, even though many experts say the latest evidence shows it isn't really necessary. Read More...

A group of caring individuals who refer to themselves as “The friends of Michele Grant” are hosting “An Evening for Marissa” this Saturday, January 21, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Florin Road Arts and Business Complex located at 2251 Florin Road in South Sacramento. Read More...

A 16-year-old Flour Bluff High School student died Sunday after his grandfather couldn't wake him up, family members said. Read More...

If Sherquan Herod was anywhere but in Lafayette High’s gymnasium Friday night, says his coach, Nacoma James, then he probably wouldn’t be alive today. Read More...

A group of parents who have lost children, are working to save the life of yours with a simple device that costs less than $2,000. Read More....

A 20-year-old Cerritos College student, who was trying out for the Falcons' football team, collapsed on campus on Tuesday afternoon and later died.  Read More...

When he started his freshman year at UMass just a few months ago, Jonathan “Jonno” Gray picked up right where he’d left off when he graduated Holyoke High School. Read More...

Shortly before 8 a.m. on Christmas morning in 2003, Christopher Conway’s twin brother, Justin, nudged him as the teenagers passed each another in the upstairs hall of their Melrose home. Read More...

It was the best $60 that Scott and Sarah Lepke ever spent.  Read More...

If ever there were a good time to have heart failure, Justin Repshas picked it. Read More...

A 12-year, 6th grade student from Adam Stephens School in Salem collapsed during a basketball practice earlier this evening. Read More...

A 17-year-old Rancho Bernardo High senior honor student died Thursday after collapsing at home, said his principal.  Read More...

Natick High School students and administrators are mourning the death of Justin Bailey, a high school senior who died in his home last night. Read More...

It was a traumatic day for students at a high school in New Jersey when a fellow student collapsed in class and later died. Read More...

Newborns should undergo pulse oximetry to screen for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD), according to a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Read More...

A 13-year-old boy collapsed and stopped breathing during basketball practice late Tuesday afternoon at La Center Middle School.  Read More....

It all started when Daniel Hand High School's Coach Lombardo and Assistant Coach George Baldassare of the Boys Lacrosse Program in Madison spoke to the Northport, N.Y. Boys’ Lacrosse Coach at the Annual DHHS Hammonasset Boys Jamboree in March.  Read More...

Shavalya Matthews had just finished a fitness workout Tuesday morning when she heard a commotion on the Bear-Glasgow YMCA's basketball court.  Read More...

New York health clubs have a legal obligation to use automated external defibrillators on members experiencing cardiac episodes, a unanimous New York appeals court ruled. Read More...

A Zanesville student's death rocked the community this past summer, leaving some questions from the tragic event still unanswered.  Read More...

A 19-year-old Chicago State University student collapsed and died while playing basketball at the South Side university, officials said this morning. Read More...

Austin teenager Ben Breedlove died on Christmas but not before leaving his loved ones a cherished gift that quickly became an Internet sensation.  Read More...

It was a little more than a year ago that Michael T. Ellsessar went into sudden cardiac arrest after being hit in the chest while playing in a high school football game. Read More...

Calvin Haynes went home Tuesday for Christmas.  Read More...

Precautionary measures need to be used in conjunction with screening to protect all college athletes from sudden death related to overexertion and exhaustion, researchers say. Read More...

On December 4, 2011, a participant at the Weekend Open Gym program at Morningside Community Center experienced a cardiac arrest. Read More...

A Kennesaw State University freshman and standout high school basketball star has died at the age of 19. Read More...

From saving the life of a high school student to helping a deaf family escape their burning home, the town of Fishers recognized hometown heroes Monday. Read More...

The Sacramento Kings voided Chuck Hayes' $21.3 million, four-year contract Monday, saying the forward-center failed a team physical that forced his release.  Read More...

The Boston Celtics announced Saturday that forward Jeff Green will undergo heart surgery next month and will miss the entire 2011-12 season.  Read More...

A male student from Richland High School was to be flown to Seattle on Friday afternoon after collapsing during the lunch hour. Read More...

The Freeport community is mourning the loss of a 12-year-old who collapsed and died at John W. Dodd Middle School on Thursday. Read More...

A 14-year-old boy died Wednesday after collapsing during a Wagoner Middle School wrestling practice, an official said. Read More...

In a study published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine, BCM researchers and colleagues found that heart problems that occur in nearly 20 percent of children with Rett syndrome, a neurological disorder, originate because the Rett gene (MeCP2) is lost in nerve cells – not in heart muscle cells. Read More...

Greg Moyer's grave is marked by a homemade cross. Rachel Moyer vowed not to purchase a headstone until every school in America had an automated external defibrillator, the emergency heart-rhythm equipment that might have saved her 15-year-old son from sudden cardiac arrest during a basketball game in December 2000 — if only his high school had owned one. At the time, Rachel, a teacher, had never heard of an AED, but has since donated more than 1,000 such devices to schools nationwide as a current member and past president of Parent Heart Watch (formerly the National Cardiac Parents Network).  Read More...

The Portland Trail Blazers say forward LaMarcus Aldridge has undergone a heart procedure and will miss up to two weeks.  Read More...

Shermans Dale Boy Scout Troop 94 has received an automatic external defibrillator (AED) from the Nicholas Ryan Over Foundation. Read More...

As the unfortunate news spread across our community yesterday afternoon about the sudden death of Harris Middle School eighth grader Kenzell Hiles, many of us had thoughts of disbelief.  Read More...

Oregon State University student-athlete Fred Thompson, a freshman on the OSU football team, died early Wednesday evening in Corvallis. Read More...

A University High School senior died Tuesday after collapsing at a lacrosse practice a day earlier, according to the school's principal. Read More...

Members of 65 sports and health organizations met Tuesday in Washington, D.C., at the third annual Youth Sports Safety Summit to review a new position statement issued by the National Athletic Trainers' Association titled "Preventing Sudden Death in Sports."  Read More...

As certified athletic trainer Joni Canter tended to two injured players during a South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind football practice, Ther Tee Vang was tackled during a drill. Read More...

The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) is hosting the third Youth Sports Safety Summit on December 6, 2011 in Washington.  Read More...

Since his son Gregory died of cardiac arrest 11 years ago at the age of 15 in a high school basketball game, John Moyer, right, and his wife Rachel have worked to raise money for automated external defibrillators (AED). Read More...

The Medtronic Foundation recently donated $2,000 to Parent Heart Watch on behalf of Medtronic Global Heroes William Clotfelter and Julie Manning.  Read More...
 

He wasn’t the star athlete, the prom king or the valedictorian. But Tylor Russell Higgins, 18, touched many of his classmates with his infectious laugh and his love for marching band and competitive swimming. Read More...

Students and staff at Richland High School are coping with the loss of the fourth student who has unexpectedly died since May.  Read More...

Imagine you stop breathing one night and paramedics come to revive you. Read More...

Students at Anoka High School are mourning the death of a 16-year-old classmate who collapsed Saturday night while playing basketball.  Read More...

'It's a rare occurrence." That's a comforting notion until it happens to your child. Read More...

A tragic week in the world of college sports continues, this time hitting the Razorbacks' athletic community. Read More...

A 21-year-old Penn student died for unknown reasons earlier this morning after collapsing at the Philadelphia Marathon, according to Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush. Read More...

Call 9-1-1, and push hard and fast. Read More...

An Indiana State University alumna and former registered nurse endured a grueling 73 minutes without a heartbeat, a story she uses to convey the importance of a solid knowledge of CPR and paying the body proper attention.  Read More...

Beaumont Health System research featured at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Orlando. Read More...

Seven out of 10 state police officers don’t carry equipment in their patrol cars that helps jump-start the heart after cardiac arrest, a missed opportunity to save lives, University of Pennsylvania researchers said. Read More...

Some schools make sure AEDs are at every event. Others said it isn’t practical to have the devices at every game. Read More...

Just over a decade ago, hospitals around the country began spending millions of dollars to buy automated defibrillators to save the lives of patients who go into sudden cardiac arrest. Read More...

Twitter could become a new mode of saving lives by providing vital information about health-related matters to its growing number of users. Read More...

How much soda you drink and how often you see your dentist may affect your chances of having a heart attack or stroke, say experts who came from around the world to meet this week in Orlando for the American Heart Association's 84th annual meeting.  Read More...

Less than 6% of physicians strictly follow national guidelines for assessing sudden cardiac death risk during high school sports physicals, data suggest. In fact, nearly half of the physicians and no athletic directors surveyed for a new study were aware that such guidelines exist. Read More... 

If a loved one, a co-worker or even a complete stranger collapsed, would you know what to do? Read More...

While sudden death in teens is rare, it usually occurs during physical activity, such as a sporting event. Read More...

A St. Edmund Prep student collapsed and died Saturday during tryouts for the school’s junior varsity boys basketball team, The Post has learned. Read More...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a treatable disease compatible with normal longevity. -- HCM is the most common inherited cardiac disease, occurring in one per 500 people worldwide. Read More...

Fourteen-year-old D'Andre Morgan collapsed during basketball warm ups at Dougherty Middle School last Monday, and died at a Macon hospital Saturday. Read More...

A Lewisville middle schooler returns to class two weeks after cardiac arrest.  Read More...

Members of Berkeley County Schools’ crisis team were at Hedgesville Middle School on Monday to offer counseling to students and faculty mourning the death of a 12-year-old student there. Read More...

Counselors and members of the clergy were on hand Monday morning at Fort Madison High School after the news that FMHS senior Jesse Ross died unexpectedly Sunday. Read More...

For reasons nobody yet knows, Ben Knapp, a healthy 16-year-old, went into cardiac arrest. His illness as united the Wesley College football community as his family prays for his recovery. Read More...

Sitting on the couch in the family room of his family’s Columbia Falls home, Beau Bronson looks like an average sixth-grader. Read More...

Electrocardiograms may help prevent sudden cardiac death in US high school students, data from a recent study showed. Read More...

A 13-year-old Sumter middle school student has died after suffering a heart attack following basketball tryouts. Read More...

One lucky person can win a ride on a Mentor Fire truck -- and who doesn't want to ride the truck? -- by playing in the department's defibrillator scavenger hunt. Read More...

Doctors still are trying to figure out why a 10th-grader’s heart stopped last week while he was playing basketball at a school gym, the boy’s father said. Read More...

A hospital official says a 15-year-old cross country runner who collapsed at the State A cross country meet Oct. 22 has died. Read More...

On the heels of a new state law that mandates concussion education for high school coaches, some health advocates and parents want to see Massachusetts set more training standards for people who lead student sports teams. Read More...

Standing outside the city's newest haunted attraction, Darby DeHart started to second-guess her decision to visit the Fear Factory. Read More...

Officials with the San Diego County medical examiner's office were waiting this week for the results of cutting-edge genetic testing to confirm the cause of death of the 14-year-old Girl Scout who collapsed at a school dance in June, a pathologist said Wednesday. Read More...

Rodeo can be a dangerous, even deadly sport, but rodeo probably saved A.J. St. Goddard's life last Friday night. Read More...

WNEM TV5 has leaned a 10th grade student at Swartz Creek High School collapsed during an open gym session and his heart stopped. Read More...

A University of Rhode Island student-athlete is recovering at the hospital. Read More...

Under proposed legislation, school personnel would be immune from liability for using an automated external defibrillator (AED) to revive someone. Read More...

Sudden cardiac arrest is responsible for about one in five sudden deaths in kids, and the percentage grows as children enter adolescence.  Read More...

A typical Friday afternoon on a school playground turned into something frantic last week when a first grader suddenly collapsed. Read More...

A Pope High School band student remains hospitalized after he was air lifted during Friday night’s away football game in Dallas. Read More...

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An Allegan County middle school student is in the hospital after she stopped breathing during a physical education class. Read More...

Take a Stand Against Sudden Cardiac Arrest Set for October 26 on Capitol Hill  Read More...

The heart screening event is set for Oct. 22, but they need 100 people to sign up by today (Oct. 14) in order to have the program. Read More...

The 6-year-old boy who collapsed and nearly died at a Spanish Fork elementary school Thursday is recovering in the hospital.

A math teacher at East Central High School died Monday morning after collapsing before classes started, officials said. Read More...

Eric Paredes’ story is not unlike Wes Leonard’s, the Fennville High basketball star who collapsed and died in Michigan last March of sudden cardiac arrest minutes after hitting the game-winning overtime shot. Read More...

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She could be dead or brain-damaged if not for speedy use of CPR, defibrillator. Read More...

Chest pains that send children to health clinics are usually triggered by strained muscles, asthma, or even spicy pizza, and rarely by what parents fear most -- a life-threatening heart condition, a pediatric study reports. Read More...

Nicholas Ryan Over had seemed like a perfectly healthy 20-year-old. Read More...

Saved by an automatic external defibrillator. Read More...

Students and staff of a Winnipeg private school are mourning a Grade 11 student athlete who collapsed during a soccer practice Wednesday night. Read More...

A 21-year-old Grand Valley State University student died Tuesday after complaining of chest pains while playing basketball with friends, according to the university. Read More...

School officials at Myrtle Beach High School used CPR to save a student's life. Read More...

A new study proves the importance of electrocardiographic (ECG) screenings to identify heart abnormalities in young adults, including both athletes and non-athletes. Read More...

Frisco teachers used an automated external defibrillator to revive a 12-year-old student. Read More...

A North Side High School student has her teachers and classmates to thank for help saving her life. Abey Luttman collapsed at the end of the school day. Read More...

During National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness (SCA) Month in October, thirteen organizations from across the nation are participating in Screen Across America, a national initiative that provides cardiac screenings to youth ages 5-24. Read More...

A bill protecting student athletes from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) passed the state House unanimously Monday. Read More...

San Luis Obispo Fire Department Engine 3 responded to a 911 call of a "man down" at the corner of Pepper and Johnson, Saturday. Read More...

A high school cheerleader died early Saturday, hours after collapsing on the sideline during a football game between rival Los Angeles schools. Read More...

A Northshore middle school mourned the loss of one of its students on Friday.  Read More...

A 14-year-old girl was taken to the hospital from Manchester High School today after apparently suffering a cardiac arrest during a gym class, police said. Read More...

A day after a Perry Hall High School student collapsed on the field at Catonsville High School, parents and school officials are praising the quick thinking of bystanders and coaches who came to the girl's rescue. Read More...

The sudden death of a seemingly healthy 12-year-old boy at a Holden soccer camp this past summer shocked camp workers and traumatized fellow campers. Read More...

Berkeley County School Board honors the Roper Saint Francis Healthcare's Heartsave program, after a donation of more than a dozen lifesaving devices to schools in the district. Read More...

The Janet Fund, New Jersey’s advocate for the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest, is running a campaign throughout the month of October called Laces for Life in order to raise awareness for National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month. Read More...

Former Washington basketball player spreads the word about heart health. Read More...

A year after Bob Schmit's heart stopped, he has returned to work, is back in the gym and is marrying the woman who helped save his life. Read More...

A teen's legacy lives on. Read More...

New study provides strategy for deciding which patients have greatest need for implanted defibrillator as a preventive measure  Read More...

A Harbor High School student went into cardiac arrest during a physical education class on Wednesday, district officials said Thursday. Read More...

Quick thinking by coaches, a nurse and an assistant principal helped saved the life of an Azle Junior High football player whose heart had stopped beating during a game here Tuesday night. Read More...

After her husband's tragic death in a Johnson City courthouse, Mary Archer fought to change state law. Read More...

It's been four months since Breaux Bridge High School Sophomore Teddrick Lewis was on the football field. Read More...

La Loma Junior High coaches all routinely certify in CPR, but it was a 13-year-old student with an unknown heart condition that put them to the test. Read More...

The incidence of in-home sudden cardiac arrest is higher in poorer neighborhoods in the US and Canada, suggesting a need for specific sudden cardiac arrest strategies in these areas, according to the authors of a new study published online September 12, 2011 in CMAJ [1]. Read More...

An NYPD officer died Monday evening after a training run with his police academy. Read More...

It’s a longstanding back-to-school rite: The aspiring student athlete gives school authorities the medical forms that announce he or she has been seen by a doctor and is fit to play for a team. Read More...

A sophomore at Beverly Hills High School collapsed on campus Friday morning and died shortly afterwards. Read More...

The Slippery Rock University Athletic Department says members of the staff and team members are in mourning after the sudden death of potential men's basketball student athlete Jack Hill Jr. Read More...

A Northwood University student died Saturday while playing recreational basketball in the Student Life Center on the business school's North Military Trail campus. Read More...

The coroner in Jackson County, Miss., said an autopsy would be performed soon on the body of a high school athlete who collapsed during a football game and died. Read More...

Former Steelers undrafted free agent S Brett Greenwood was hospitalized Friday in Iowa City, Iowa, after collapsing during a workout in Bettendorf, Iowa. Read More...

A Winston-Salem State University student died Friday evening after being found unconscious in her dorm room, university officials said. Read More...

This week, Denver Public Schools began installing 179 defibrillators for the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest — thanks to the Save a Life Denver program. Read More...

Young, competitive athletes who have cardiac arrests, in which the heart stops beating without warning, may account for a lot of headlines - but most such cardiac events are in adult men playing recreational sports, according to a French study. Read More...

A UTEP student collapsed and died while in class yesterday. Read More...

An expected 300 professional, collegiate and high school athletes from Middle Tennessee will receive emergency training Saturday. Read More...

It happens too often, even in our schools: A student or teacher collapses, the victim of sudden cardiac arrest. Read More...

The Max Schewitz Foundation will appear on LIVE! with Dr. Sandy on Thursday, Sept. 8th from 2 to 4 p.m. CST on Watch312.com. Read More...

Robert Throo, 23, grew up on Long Island, attended college in Virginia and was a star athlete. Read More...

Officials say a 7-year-old boy collapsed while playing football with his father. Read More...

Who doesn't love a good high school or college football or basketball game? Read More...

Labor Day marks the end of summer and the start of a new school year with all the excitement and anxiety that entails for both kids and parents. Read More...

A northwest Houston high school student died a couple of days after he became ill during football practice. Read More...

Quick-thinking coaches and a school's new defibrillators helped save the life of an American Falls High School athlete after the boy collapsed at practice. Read More...

Sudden cardiac arrest kills more than 180,000 people each year in the U.S. Read More...

A female student from Coakley Middle School in Harlingen passed away on Wednesday after collapsing during volleyball practice earlier in the week. Read More...

LAST JUNE, tragedy struck the baseball field in Arizona when a 13-year-old Little Leaguer was trying to bunt and was hit on the chest by the pitch. He took a few steps towards first base and then collapsed. Read More...

Dead batteries, bad connections, and other malfunctions of automated external defibrillators have been linked to more than 1,000 cardiac arrest deaths over the last 15 years, a study has found. Read More...

The University Medical Center has joined a large-scale multicenter study that examines body-cooling treatment in children after cardiac arrest. Read More...

A total of 500 College of Lake County students will be offered a free heart screening Sept. 14 as part of the Max Schewitz Foundation’s Screens for Teens. Read More...

It takes true grit to finish a marathon. Alaina Dixon has that in spades. Read More...

Less than a year after her 12-year-old daughter collapsed on the soccer field and died, a Tucson mother has taken an unprecedented step in preventing sudden cardiac death in other children. Read More...

Three teachers at Pleasure Ridge Park High School are being hailed heroes after saving the life of a student. Read More...

New research from France suggests that young, competitive athletes account for only a fraction of sports-related cardiac arrests, in which the heart stops beating without warning. Read More...

An autopsy performed Monday on former Duluth Denfeld High School athlete Matt Kero provided few answers for his family. Read More...

In November 2006 Tom and Cyndie Johnson were on holiday with their daughters, Desiree and Aubree, and son, Jordan. Read More...

The morning of April 11 didn't start off differently than any other for Graham Boyce. Read More...

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Looks are deceiving. Read More...

School must be a safe harbor for the hearts and minds of our children. Read More...

The technique, which lowers a patient's body temperature to stave off brain damage, is gaining in popularity, but some doctors are slow to adopt it.  Read More...

As football players and other athletes run their drills this summer preparing for the coming season, a separate group of high school students has been conditioning to build endurance. Read More...

A Beaver County Christian School soccer player who collapsed during practice Monday died of a congenital heart defect, said Lawrence County Coroner Russell Noga. Read More...

Once a star athlete at Central Catholic High School, Mia Wendt faces an uncertain future after a dangerous heart condition puts her permanently on the sidelines. Read More...

Skyler Maki was like a lot of girls her age. Read More...

As the fall sports season starts for students, millions will hit the court, the rink and the field. Every year, it seems we hear a tragic story of a young person suffering a cardiac event while participating in school sports. Read More...

Sports can be a healthy activity for a child, but ensuring the protection of their heart under the added stress is of the utmost importance. Read More...

After three years of fundraising and effort, the nonprofit Alabama LifeStart has succeeded in placing an automated defibrillator in every public high school, middle school and junior high in the state that lacked one, officials said this week. Read More...

Just a few days before entering her senior year of high school, 17-year-old Jenny Snyder collapsed on a soccer field in Glenview.  Read More...

A Gurdon, Ark., high school sophomore has died after collapsing at football practice. Read More...

As more and more sports organizations try to screen their athletes for cardiovascular risk, a group of experts is trying to help physicians interpret the electrocardiograms of young athletes undergoing preparticipation ECG testing [1]. Read More...
 

Just two weeks before the first day of school, a Park Vista Community High School senior has died. Seventeen year old Alexander Warga collapsed during band camp on Friday night. Read More...

A Marine Corps student aviator died at Sacred Heart Hospital this weekend, several days after a water survival training accident at Pensacola Naval Air Station. Read More...

As high school athletes hit practice fields this week for fall sports, few likely will know about a plain black binder that could hold the key to their fates. Read More...

Lewis Ogioba was a sophomore basketball player. Read More...

The first prospective, single-blinded, phase I study to evaluate a novel, watch-based pulse detection device was published in Heart Rhythm this week. Read More...

An El Dorado High School student died in the classroom from a cardiac arrest Thursday. Read More...

It was one of those nightmarish moments parents watch on the news and pray won't happen to them: seeing their child pulled from the swimming pool, unconscious and not breathing. Read More...

Wauseon senior football player Dustin Snow collapsed shortly after the morning session of two-a-day practice at the school Wednesday, lost consciousness and was transported by air ambulance to Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo. Read More...

A Henry County high school football player who collapsed Monday after practice has died. Read More...

Police say that 12-year-old Sierra Berhaupt died as a result of an accidental drowning. Read More...

A Chicago teenager who was found dead Sunday in a swimming pool in Homer Township had a previously undiagnosed cardiac condition that may have contributed to his death, according to the Will County Coroner’s office. Read More...

A high school football player from Georgia died Tuesday after being found unresponsive in his cabin at a camp near the Santa Fe River north of High Springs. Read More...

Diane Zientz was aware of the silent killer. The Woodstock resident had heard of the recent cases of heart trouble in teenagers – usually sudden cardiac arrest from an unidentified heart abnormality after athletic competition. Read More...

A Paso Robles couple is honoring the memory of their son by taking their knowledge of emergency training into the classrooms of a local high school. Read More...

Reports of sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes have led some health professionals to recommend mandatory electrocardiogram screening before youths can participate in sports. Read More...

Darlington County Coroner J.T. Hardee said 14-year-old TeQuan Xavier Brantley passed away Saturday night at McLeod Regional Medical Center. Brantley was a rising ninth grade student at Lamar High School.  Read More...

The Mount Kisco Little League is getting an automated external defibrillator, some training and a visit by baseball great Dwight Gooden on Monday night. Read More...

There are kids who die every day after suffering sudden cardiac arrest while playing sports. Read More & View Video...

Locust Grove High School football players remained off the field on Friday, five days after a teammate collapsed during volunteer practice. Read More...

Intravenous delivery of cold fluids to reduce body temperature quickly after a heart attack and improve neurologic outcomes may not be as effective in children as it is in adults, according to a study reported in Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Read More...

Isaiah Laurencin, a senior offensive lineman from Miramar High School, died early Wednesday morning at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood.  Read More...

Perhaps I shouldn’t have read the new book “Preventing Sudden Death in Sport and Physical Activity” on vacation, when I tend to get more exercise than usual.  Read More...

A 17-year-old Cumberland County boy died in Reading Hospital after collapsing in a dormitory at Albright College, where he was attending a football camp, officials said Saturday.  Read More...

CPR can save lives and so can knowing your family history, as Kate Wiegel and her family learned. Read More...

U.S. Military Academy officials were investigating Friday how an apparently healthy, athletic 18-year-old West Point cadet died during a land navigation exercise. Read More...

Distance Runners from Around the World Who Benefit from Medical Technology to Run Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Events this Fall  Read More...

A Plano teen who collapsed last week while playing basketball suffered a setback Monday when he had a heart attack.  Read More...

The Massachusetts state medical examiner is trying to figure out why 12-year-old Joshua Thibodeau collapsed on the soccer field and later died at an area hospital. Read More...

A 12-year-old Holden boy died this morning after collapsing at a private soccer camp at Wachusett Regional High School. Read More...

A New Canaan police officer saved the life of a teenage runner from Florida who went into cardiac arrest during a road race on Thursday. Read More...

Authorities say no foul play is suspected in the death of a 10-year-old Boy Scout who apparently died in his sleep at a Rhode Island camp over the weekend. Read More...

First responders will be the first to tell you, time is critical when a young athlete collapses on the field. Read More...

Manitowoc Fire Department paramedics were called to the Manitowoc Family Aquatic Center, 930 N. 18th St., at about 2 p.m. Friday for the report of a 21-year-old unconscious male with a heart condition, according to police scanner reports. Read More...

Rhina and Hector Paredes have turned the tragic loss of their teenage son into an opportunity to put better health safeguards in place for other local children. Read More...

Watching her prepare for a presentation inside Oakley Auditorium, one would never guess the story  Rebecca Halon carries within her.  Read More...

Electrocardiograms are an inaccurate way to screen for heart defects that can cause sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes, according to a study in The Journal of Pediatrics.  Read More...

The Geneva community is mourning the death of Emma Mebane, a 19-year-old who "died suddenly, but peacefully, in her sleep, on Friday, July 8," according the the Yurs Funeral Home obituary. Read More...

My social network helped diagnose a rare disease that our doctors initially missed. Read More...

A new method for scoring the severity of illness for patients after cardiac arrest may help to predict their outcomes, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Read More...

If you satisfied the doctor after he tapped your knee with the rubber hammer and passed the "turn your head and cough" examination, you were cleared for high school football. Read More...

Investigators are looking into the death of a Chapman High School football player who collapsed while playing basketball with friends on Friday. Read More...

At EUROPACE 2011 there was more agreement than disagreement between the experts debating whether ablation or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) was the best therapy for ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection function (LVEF), as both participants agreed that there are precious few solid clinical-trial data on which to make a decision in this challenging patient group [1].  Read More...
 

The Unit 5 school district has denied liability in the May 2010 death of a Kingsley Junior High School student who collapsed after an incident in a school restroom. Read More...

The risk of sudden death in patients with epilepsy was more than 20 times that of the general population, and the risk increased according to the frequency of seizures, researchers found. Read More...

A Boy Scout attending Camp Whitsett in southeast Tulare County has died.  Read More...

A mother whose daughter died at a hospital in Philadelphia after going into cardiac arrest at Mercy Hospital in Scranton has filed a medical malpractice suit in Lackawanna County Court against Mercy, now the Regional Hospital of Scranton, and the emergency room doctor who treated her.  Read More...

When Mandi Carozza visits home, she always makes sure to drop by her best friend Jenny’s house to visit with her family. 

A study by a global consortium of physician-scientists has identified a genetic variation that may predispose people to double the risk of having a sudden cardiac arrest, a disorder that gives little warning and is fatal in about 95 percent of cases. Read More...

An autopsy report says a 4-year-old boy who collapsed while playing soccer in suburban Houston had a genetic heart disorder. Read More...

On a Thursday night in March, Wes Leonard, a 16-year-old basketball star, led his Fennville, Mich., high school team to victory, scoring a lay-up shot in overtime. Read More...

Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., and immediate, effective CPR can more than double a victim's chance of survival. Read More...

While genetic inheritance is known to play a role in the multifactorial development of most diseases of the heart, there are also a number of clearly diagnosed cardiac conditions which owe their development to quite specific genetic abnormalities. Read More...

Arif and Nadia Mahmood didn’t know CPR before their son’s heart stopped. Read More...

A 9-year-old boy died Friday afternoon after collapsing near the track at Penn Wood High School has been identified. Read More...

March 14 was like any other day to Brooks Beler.  Read More...

One ordinary day on a playground, a 12-year-old boy announces to his friends, "I have no pulse." Read More...

More than 200,000 people are treated for cardiac arrest in United States hospitals each year, a rate that may be on the rise. The findings are reported online this week in Critical Care Medicine in a University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine-led study. Read More...

Cardiac devices are the most common source of FDA device recalls, a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found [1]. Read More...

It’s that time of year. Student athletes are booking appointments for sports physicals, getting ready for the coming school year.  Read More...

A student with a rare condition that caused her to faint every time she stood up over 14 years is finally back on her feet.  Read More...

When Doug Bartow learned he had a genetic heart condition that can cause sudden death, he had mixed emotions: fear, blame and relief.  Read More...

A Findlay teenager was listed in stable condition Wednesday at a Peoria hospital after he was resuscitated by an off-duty Champaign police officer and two nurses at a summer league basketball game at Parkland College.  Read More...

The number one cause of preventable premature death in Dallas County is sudden cardiac arrest.  Read More...

Cardiac arrest victims are more likely to survive if rescuers take a shorter pause in CPR before and after using a defibrillator to deliver an electric shock to the heart, a new study finds.  Read More...

Some studies suggest that sudden cardiac death (SCD) in sports, while tragic, is a very rare event, but the reality is, these deaths are much more common than previously reported. Read More...

In March, Wes Leonard died minutes after hitting the winning shot for his Michigan high school basketball team.  Read More...

Researchers have pinpointed a genetic risk factor for a potentially fatal heart problem called thoracic aortic dissection.  Read More...

A Sun Prairie 9th grader died while working out at Sun Prairie High School on Thursday afternoon, according to a letter sent to faculty and parents from Cardinal Heights Middle School Principal Ryan Ruggles.  Read More...

If a play goes wrong, a baseball infielder may want to put it down to bad luck. But in sports there's no luck worse than when a player is struck by sudden cardiac death after a blow to the chest directly over the heart.   Read More...

In March, a Taylor County teen went into cardiac arrest, and his heart stopped beating for 22 minutes.  Read More...

State Rep. Mike Vereb, R-150th Dist., delivered a bill to the House floor Wednesday that aims to prevent sudden cardiac arrest in student athletes.  Read More...

A Jamesville-DeWitt High School lacrosse player was revived with CPR and a defibrillator after he was struck in the chest by a shot from another player on Wednesday.  Read More...

New Jersey has become the first US state to require that every newborn baby be tested for congenital heart disease using pulse-oximetry testing [1,2].  Read More...

It's been a long road for Jim and Karen Zilinski, of Warren Township, in their efforts to prevent additional deaths from sudden cardiac arrest.  Read More...

A new study by the University of California, San Francisco’s Cardiac Electrophysiology Service seeks to discover for the first time the true causes of sudden cardiac death (SCD), why it is more prevalent in some demographic populations, and whether it is too often inaccurately cited as a cause of death.  Read More...

The parents of a teenager who died last year from cardiac arrest say they want legislation passed making heart-screening tests mandatory for all young people involved in organized sports.  Read More...

Anytime Fitness, Hastings, MN, is suing the Kingston, MA, Board of Health, which requires automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in health clubs during business hours. Read More...

A Caroline High School basketball player has died. Read More...

Since the untimely death of his daughter Janet in 2006 due to cardiac arrest, Jim Zilinski has been dedicated to ensuring that as many people as possible are CPR certified and that AEDs are available in every school and public sports field.  Read More...

You've seen the shocking news stories of young athletes collapsing and dying of sudden cardiac arrest: the 14-year-old Wisconsin runner, the Michigan high-school basketball whiz who had just sunk the winning shot, the star quarterback at a Texas high school.  Read More...

Kathryn Hardy had just entered Hermitage High School on Tuesday morning when she collapsed. Read More...

Out of 94 Students screened at Waldwick High School, two students and their families were spared a possible tragedy thanks to cardiac screenings conducted on March 21st sponsored by the Gregory M. Hirsch Foundation, The Sean Fischer Foundation, Gift of Life America and CardiacScan Imaging Services.  Read More...

A 14-year-old girl collapsed and died Thursday night at a middle school graduation celebration in San Marcos, according to the San Diego Sheriff Department.  Read More...

A 12-year-old girl fights for her life after collapsing at school.  Read More...

A 6-year-old student in the Bedford Public Schools died Thursday after he collapsed while on a field trip to the Toledo Zoo.  Read More...

This has been a tragic spring, with thousands of American lives lost,  or savagely disrupted, by tornadoes in the Southeast and Midwest.  Read More...

Louis Acompora, 14, died suddenly in March 2000, after he was struck in the chest while playing goalie for the Northport varsity lacrosse team.  Read More...

Zachary Gregory, a 26-year-old physical therapist, died on Saturday after participating in a half-marathon in the sweltering heat that day.  Read More...

A Special Olympics athlete collapsed while competing in a track and field event at Cessna Stadium Sunday morning.  Read More...

QUESTION: I often see defibrillator boxes on the walls in public places around my town, from the supermarket to the library.  Read More...

Senate Bill 63's progress came to a halt May 26. Read More...

Student body president Heejoon Choi was one of three hundred teens to get free heart screenings at Garfield High School.  Read More...

A 13-year-old Arizona boy died in a freak accident after a baseball hit him over the heart as he tried to bunt, officials in his Little League said Friday.  Read More...

Vanessa Seale is blessed with co-workers who know how to handle cardiac arrest.  Read More...

My seemingly healthy 22-year-old son Timothy died of a sudden cardiac arrest.  Read More...

The release of the American Heart Association 2010 Emergency Cardiac Care Guidelines marks the 50th anniversary of CPR.  Read More...

Setting up a successful public access defibrillator (PAD) program should be on the forefront of every fire and EMS agency’s agenda.  Read More...

A local mom whose teenage son died from sudden cardiac arrest is pushing to make sure the tragedy doesn’t happen to other families.  Read More...

My 10-year-old son likes to play sports.  Read More...

Brian Yoon was an apparently healthy 13-year-old, running his second Bolder Boulder, when he collapsed at the finish line in Folsom Field last year.  Read More...

A U.S. cardiologist suggests screening every young athlete to identify an inherited cause of sudden cardiac death may be ineffective.  Read More...

In a pilot program with Mercy Health Partners Hackley Hospital and Muskegon Heights High School, 60 high school athletes took part in a free heart exam Thursday evening to diagnose potential signs of sudden cardiac death.  Read More...

A tragic story out of Baldwin County where the coroner is trying to determine what caused the death of an 11-year old boy. Read More...

Sudden cardiac death in young athletes who had not previously exhibited symptoms is a relatively rare yet tragic event. Read More...

A 14-year-old boy died Wednesday after he collapsed in the Graham Middle School gym while playing basketball.  Read More...

Scientists have discovered an important enzyme molecule that may prevent fatal cardiac disorders associated with cardiac hypertrophy – the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes.  Read More...

Thursday afternoon, Breaux Bridge's Tedrick Lewis had an angel watching over him. Read More...

One American dies of cardiac arrest every two minutes.  Read More...

Sudbury Regional Hospital is taking part in an international trial to determine what method of dealing with cardiac arrest is most effective outside a hospital setting.  Read More...

Julie Jahr is like most parents.  Read More...

More than 300 runners, joggers and walkers treaded a three-mile course through Mohegan Park Sunday to remember Larry Pontbriant and to raise money for the kind of technology that could have saved his life four years ago.  Read More...

Debate on whether to require EKG tests in pre-sports checkups for young athletes surfaces whenever a young athlete dies unexpectedly without previous signs of illness.  Read More...

Occasionally a bond is developed between a fan and an athlete, a relationship that knows no bounds. Read More...

Matthew King felt perfectly fine while playing basketball — a game he and his friends regularly enjoyed.  Read More...

A tragic death at the Glacier Ice Rink nearly three years ago prevented another one earlier this year.  Read More...

Still on the fence about installing an automated external defibrillator in your facilities?  Read More...

Austin Box, starting middle linebacker for Oklahoma, died on Thursday at the age of 22. Read More...

A first-year Physical Education teacher and school officials saved the life of a sixth grader at Sunrise Ridge Intermediate School yesterday.  Read More...

Newark police detective Natombe Simmonds was in such great shape that even the criminals he arrested had to be impressed.  Read More...

Grateful that their daughter is alive and healthy, the parents of the 16-year-old North Hunterdon junior who collapsed during cheerleading tryouts are raising money to purchase automatic external defibrillators for other schools.  Read More...

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Edina residents are more than twice as likely to survive a sudden cardiac arrest than the nationwide average, according to a study conducted by the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES) program.  Read More...

Somerset Medical Center will sponsor a free heart screening for high school athletes on Saturday, June 11 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the medical center’s Somerset Family Practice office, 110 Rehill Ave., Somerville.  Read More...

Automated external defibrillators or AEDs are becoming a common sight in schools, gyms and businesses.  Read More...

If sudden cardiac arrest had not stopped the heart of Janet Zilinski when she was an 11-year-old cheeerleader, she'd be getting ready to mark her 16th birthday this year.  Read More...

Drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, don't appear to put kids at higher risk of heart problems or death, scientists said Monday.  Read More...

In the past 3 1/2 years, the Holland area has seen at least four incidents of cardiac arrest at high school sporting events.  Read More...

After two students suffered cardiac arrest, Rhinebeck High School students decided to take action.  Read More...

More than 400 student athletes received free extensive physical exams at CMC-Fort Mill on Saturday in attempt to detect any serious conditions that could lead to health problems.  Read More...

The sudden death of a Caldwell County teen during football practice shocked those who knew him.  Read More...

When seemingly healthy athletes collapse during a pickup basketball game or a run and doctors later diagnose a heart defect, questions arise about whether a simple screening might have prevented injury or death.  Read More...

Sudden cardiac death is always a shocking, tragic event, especially when it occurs at a young age.  Read More...

Every athlete is looking for a competitive advantage. That advantage may be a better training technique, more advanced equipment or a different strategic approach.  Read More...

Autopsies have determined that two recent college student deaths were caused by natural causes.  Read More...

A program that screened all students at a Chicago-area school for heart problems was clinically successful, but drew criticism for its broad scope and expected costs.

An international panel of experts from The Heart Rhythm Society and the European Heart Rhythm Association issued new guideline recommendations for all health care professionals about cardiovascular genetic testing at the Heart Rhythm Society's 32nd Annual Scientific Sessions.  Read More...

Comsewogue varsity basketball coaches, Rick Miekley and Justin Seifert help save Hope Reindl.  Read More...

A Valley High School student died unexpectedly Thursday night.  Read More...

Barry Gardner blamed age and not training hard enough when he started to lose his edge on his racing bike.  Read More...

Have you ever checked to see whether your local bowling alley or dance studio has an automatic external defibrillator?  Read More...

Janice English's phone rang at 4:30 a.m. on December 29, 2006.  Read More...

A seemingly healthy, ordinary 12-year-old girl who loved the colors pink and green and collected pigs is forever changed after suddenly collapsing at school.  Read More...

It's become an all too frequent headline: Seemingly healthy teen athletes dropping dead while playing sports.  Read More...

Members of LaNay Miceli's family seemed to be dying, young and suddenly, all around her.  Read More...

You stand a better chance of survival if your heart stops beating while you're in an exercise facility than if you're in another type of indoor public place, a new study found.  Read More...

Checking the hearts of teenagers, athletes and non-athletes alike, could save thousands of lives, a new study suggests.  Read More...

Best friends since they were two years old, Janice English and Nina Strek are inseparable.  Read More...

School staff are arranging for counseling for students in Brillion after the sudden death of a student Wednesday afternoon.  Read More...

With fewer than two weeks to graduation, students at Concordia High School are dealing with the sudden death of a popular classmate.  Read More...

Rice University and Texas Heart Institute(THI) in collaboration have developed unique pad system for automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for giving immediate second chances to arrhythmia victims headed toward cardiac arrest.  Read More...

Renee Walsh of Medford calls it “serendipitous.”  Read More...

An Ypsilanti mother is turning tragedy into triumph by organizing a race in memory of her daughter.  Read More...

A 17-year-old high school senior collapsed and died late Thursday night while playing basketball at a sleepover at Marist High School.  Read More...

Marcellis Williamson, a starting defensive lineman on the Ohio Bobcats football team last season, died Wednesday afternoon, according to Ohio University's athletic department.  Read More...

Spring is in bloom and everywhere you look student athletes of all ages are competing. Read More...

A recent study promotes ECGs to monitor heart health, but they may not help if athletes can choose to ignore them.  Read More...

Mention the name Hank Gathers to a group of high school athletes, and they'll probably have no idea who he was - or how he died.  Read More...

In the case of sudden cardiac arrest at a high school, whether at an athletic event or elsewhere, an automated external defibrillator, or AED, can be the difference between life and death.  Read More...

The last snapshot of soccer player David Kucera shows him playfully sticking his tongue out at a camera phone hours before he died.  Read More...

A 4-year-old boy died after he collapsed during soccer practice at a YMCA in League City on Wednesday evening. Read More...

Autopsy results show a 16-year-old South Texas basketball player who died last month suffered from a rare heart valve problem.  Read More...

When a high school athlete drops dead, the rare but fatal condition called "sudden death syndrome" dominates the headlines.  Read More...

Nashoba Regional High School senior Alexander Doucette, 18, of Lancaster, was an ideal student and an incredibly nice person.  Read More...

The Janet Fund recently donated an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to Children’s Aid and Family Services’ Medical Services and Advocacy Center.  Read More...

The Haskell Indian Nations University community is mourning the death of a 20-year-old male student who died suddenly after collapsing Friday while playing basketball, acting Haskell president Clyde Peacock said in a statement.  Read More...

When a teenager dies suddenly like Akhir Frazier did, the tragedy begs the question: “What good could come of this?”  Read More...

About 150 people gathered at Waverly Mansion in Marriottsville Sunday to remember the life of a Woodstock teen who died April 6, 10 days after going into cardiac arrest during a routine wisdom tooth surgery.  Read More...

Toxicology tests found no drugs or alcohol in the body of a 17-year-old boy who died March 1 after collapsing in the gym at the Porter County Juvenile Detention Center.  Read More...

The B on Table Mountain today is for Brandon Robert Smith, 19, who died unexpectedly last Friday in Manteca while visiting a relative.  Read More...

The death of a St. Bonaventure University student who collapsed at a party in January is being attributed to heart failure.  Read More...

The statistics for surviving sudden cardiac arrest outside a hospital are dismal: Fewer than 10 percent make it.  Read More...

Tori Sorenson doesn’t remember the moment she went down.  Read More...

Today at PHS, a student collapsed while playing basketball.  Read More...

It’s been almost 10 years now since Matt Velez died after suffering cardiac arrest at Wheeling Central Catholic High School.  Read More...

A student at New Boston High School near Texarkana collapsed in P.E. class and died Thursday.  Read More...

The recent flurry of highly publicized cases of young athletes dying suddenly on the playing field has prompted Johns Hopkins Children’s Center cardiologists to discuss the medical significance of a child’s sudden death for the rest of the family.  Read More...

Madness is behind us, but the threat of a young athlete's heart stopping is a year-round risk.  Read More...

A Winona State University student dies unexpectedly on campus just a few months after enrolling at the school.  Read More...

A 16-year-old girl collapsed in cardiac arrest during cheerleader tryouts at North Hunterdon High School on Tuesday night and was flown to Morristown Memorial Hospital after receiving CPR from police, school staff and a parent.  Read More...

More athletes are fatally collapsing on basketball courts, in swimming pools and on playing fields than once thought, new research has found, with 1 in 44,000 NCAA athletes dying of sudden cardiac death per year. Read More...

A medical helicopter was called to North Hunterdon High School following a report tonight that a 16-year-old girl was in cardiac arrest in a gym and possibly receiving CPR from a teacher.  Read More...

Xavier Moses father Samuel Moses said he wants to warn other parents of a hidden heart condition that killed his son nearly three weeks ago at a party.  Read More...

A Portland man who collapsed Sunday while playing soccer at Nautilus Field in Vancouver died of cardiac dysrhythmia, according to the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office.  Read More...

Today, at 5:41 p.m., Todd Olson, Vice President of Student Affairs sent a campus-wide email, here below, saying that 28-year old doctoral student Evan North had died in Yates Field House last night.  Read More...

Findings highlight need for screening those participating in school sports, experts say.  Read More...

The sickle cell trait could be a cause—albeit rare—of sudden death in young African-American competitive athletes, most commonly during football training, according to a scientific poster that will be presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions, April 1-3, in New Orleans.  Read More...

The death of a Michigan teenage basketball player has renewed questions about what kind of heart checkup young athletes need to make the team, and a new study may influence that debate.  Read More...

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) has to be one of the most devastating cardiac events that a person can suffer.  Read More...

Fort Worth police are investigating the death of a high school student on Friday. Read More...

A Huntley Project middle school student nearly lost his life on March 14th when he went into cardiac arrest during class.  Read More...

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Andy Pena, a freshman at Darien High School, died Friday night in Boston, where he was on a trip with his family.  Read More...

What could have been the worst day of the Anderson family's life when 11-year-old Benjamin sank to the bottom of the Carson City pool, turned out to be a miracle.  Read More...

Xavier Moses collapsed at a party last Friday and died.  Read More...

Seemingly every year there are reports of a young, apparently healthy athlete dying on the court or playing field.  Read More...

Auburn student Jessica Lynn Foshee appears to have died of natural causes, according to preliminary results from the Lee County Coroner's Office. Read More...

Sudden death of a young athlete is a human tragedy.  Read More...

Using proton pump inhibitors in the first trimester of pregnancy could increase the chance that a baby will be born with a cardiac defect.  Read More...

An East Texas high school's star athlete throws a game-winning touchdown pass, comes to the sidelines and, seconds later his heart stops — without warning, without medical history of previous problems.  Read More...

Faculty and students were stunned Thursday when a 15-year-old male student collapsed in class at Tate High School after a seizure.  Read More...

Students and staff at Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills are mourning the loss of a high school junior found dead this morning at his home in West Bloomfield.  Read More...

A pilot study in healthy children and adolescents shows that it is feasible to screen for undiagnosed heart conditions that increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Read More...

Brooks Beler had just sat down at his desk for seventh-grade science at Huntley Project School — his last class of the day — when something in his chest seemed to flutter. Read More...

A preliminary autopsy report says 17-year-old Roma basketball player Robert Garza died from the malfunction of an enlarged heart.  Read More...

Recent incidents of athletes collapsing and dying during or after sporting events are drawing the attention of other athletes and their parents.  Read More...

A woman out of Fort Worth, Texas contacted Action 4 News after hearing about Robert Garza's untimely death and said her daughter died in a similar way.  Read More...

A local high school rocked by the unexpected death of one of their own. The teen student collapsed and died after a high school dance.  Read More...

Four recent sudden deaths among teen athletes have spurred experts to renew the debate on whether or not heart screenings for young sports participants should be required.  Read More...

A typical game of basketball turned deadly for a 16 year-old Roma teen this after he collapsed and died.  Read More...

An 11-year-old died today after collapsing at lunch time at Patterson Elementary School in Gilbert. He later was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Read More...

It was standing room only in the Ramona High School gymnasium, but one could hear a pin drop as two parents talked about their sons who died unexpectedly from undiagnosed heart conditions.  Read More...

Simon Prushan, 12, is getting ready for his Bar Mitzvah this fall. He's learning the aliyahs, practicing his Haftorah portion -- and setting up heart screenings for students in the Radnor School District. Read More...

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The recent deaths of two high school athletes from heart problems has highlighted the importance of learning CPR.  Read More...

The Roanoke Valley is still in recovering today following the sudden death of a Northampton County teenager following a recreational basketball game Monday evening. Read More...

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A 16-year-old student at a KIPP school in Gaston died suddenly after playing basketball at a local church Monday, a school official said Tuesday.  Read More...

A 17-year-old student at Eastside High School collapsed during track drills on Monday.  Read More...

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Coroner: Autopsy Finds Sudden Cardiac Death As Cause  Read More...

17-year-old rugby player dies on the field in Colorado.  Read More...

An autopsy was to be performed Sunday on a 17-year-old boy who collapsed and died Saturday during a rugby match in Timnath, Colorado.  Read More...

A 16-year-old athlete at a Michigan high school has died after suffering a cardiac arrest from an enlarged heart. It's a sad story -- one that a valley family lived through 10 years ago.  Read More...

As a doctor and a father, I can attest to the fact that there’s nothing more heartbreaking than the death of a child.  Read More...

Fennville star basketball player Wes Leonard collapsed and died Thursday night after he helped his team complete a perfect regular season.  Read More...

A student at Thomas Edison High School died suddenly last night, according to Paul Regnier, coordinator for the Fairfax County Public Schools media and crisis team.  Read More...

Pedro Medina had never been so happy to be in class as he was Feb. 22, about three weeks after going into cardiac arrest sitting in the same school desk.  Read More...

Joseph "Joe" Gauthier, 24, a military chaplain candidate, ordained minister and student at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, died March 1 after he collapsed while jogging on the seminary campus.  Read More...

A co-worker suddenly falls to the floor clutching his chest — what do you do?  Read More...

A Suwannee High School junior appears to have beaten the odds.  Read More...

 

In an effort to help identify young adults with heart problems before they become life-threatening, Whidbey General Hospital is partnering with South Whidbey Fire and Rescue and the Nick of Time Foundation to provide a one-day youth cardiac screening.  Read More...

A child is in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest in Lincoln County Thursday morning.  Read More...

The final autopsy report on the death of Margaret Newton Elementary student Justina Macklin, 11, indicated she likely died of an irregular heartbeat.  Read More...

There could come a day when cardiologists and dermatologists closely confer on patients with suspected severe mitral valve prolapse in an effort to save lives from sudden cardiac death, according to Dr. Paolo Romanelli.  Read More...

Keenan William Childs left his Astronomy class in Science Hall last Thursday and saw a group of people staring at the floor outside Room 100.  Read More...

Arrhythmia—an abnormal heart rhythm—is an extremely common condition, especially among older people.  Read More...

Catherine Brown owes her life to a fellow University of Virginia student, a middle school health class and a dummy.  Read More...

In August, Rosedale Union School District officials said they were "forever grateful" when Corinne Ruiz donated a potentially life-saving device to a middle school campus. Read More...

Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE) has received $10,000 from the Louis J. Acompora Foundation 12 for life fund raising campaign. Read More...

At work, Patricia Burns is surrounded by death and dying.  Read More...

Dom Murray collapsed on the Farmingdale State College (FSC) basketball court during a game of pickup at age 17 in October of 2009. Murray fell unexpectedly in sudden cardiac arrest, a disease his father had also suffered and died from four years prior.  Read More...

Will Gerhard an 18-year-old from Watchung who survived a sudden cardiac arrest event at a Giants game, is the guest of honor at the Janet Fund’s fourth annual fundraiser and will share his inspirational story with those in attendance on March 3.  Read More...

A near-tragedy at an Escondido middle school in December may lead to a change that could save lives throughout the Escondido Union School District in the near future.  Read More...

Washington State University Vancouver nursing students are partnering with the Quinn Driscoll Foundation and Southwest Washington Medical Center to offer free advanced heart screenings to student-athletes in Clark County. Read More...

Anaheim - Shauna Stuewe's sudden death during a high school cheer practice five years ago shocked an entire community.  Read More...

Energy drinks are under-studied, overused and can be dangerous for children and teens, warns a report by doctors who say kids shouldn't use the popular products. Read More...

February is designated as American Heart Month to bring awareness to the fact that heart disease is still the number one killer in America.  Read More...

Inside one heart, recesses the size of jellybeans covered a wall that should have been solid. Inside another, electrical impulses gone haywire caused the ventricles to quiver instead of pump.  Read More...

Sam Reed is a student athlete at West Aurora High School.   Read More...

A heart problem that no one knew she had may have caused Alina Maria Brady to collapse outside her classroom and, within hours, ended her life, her father said Thursday.  Read More...

Using skin cells from young patients who have a severe genetic heart defect, Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have generated beating heart cells that carry the same genetic mutation.  Read More...

Do you love to drink energy drinks?  Read More...

It’s called “The Silent Killer” by heart doctors across America.  Read More...

We've been following WZZM 13 Multi-Media Journalist Mike Roorda though a year-long journey. Read More...

When Richie Quake, a vibrant 19-year-old engineering student, was found dead in his bed, his family was devastated.  Read More...

The death of a Dallas High School wrestler last week highlights an ongoing concern among experts about what — if anything — can be done to prevent athlete deaths.  Read More...

This isn't the first time a student in the metro area has suddenly collapsed and died after exercising.  Read More...

A 17-year-old Dallas, Ore. wrestler died shortly after he won his match Thursday.  Read More...

Students and faculty at Montclair High School are in mourning this week after learning of the sudden death of Mitchell Reuben Perlmeter.  Read More...

The picture of Nick Varrenti shows the 16-year-old in his navy and yellow Jackson High School football jersey.  Read More...

The tragic deaths of young athletes Kittim Sherrod of Edison and Brandon James of South Brunswick may someday save a life.  Read More...

A local school district is mourning the loss of a student.  Read More...

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This is our second report in the NPR News Investigations series Post Mortem: Death Investigation in America in partnership with ProPublica and PBS Frontline. Read More...

You're late for your flight and lugging the biggest carry-on bag you can fit in the overhead bin. Read More...

A Lafayette teenager collapsed and died while at basketball practice Monday night. Read More...

An 18-year-old swimmer from Saint Peter's Prep High School collapsed and died after competing in a swim meet in Jersey City tonight, school officials said.   Read More...

An elementary school student from Beaumont has died at a Houston hospital after going into cardiac arrest Thursday at her campus.  Read More...

A 16-year-old Long Beach High School student died Thursday night after collapsing while playing basketball at a city community center, school and city officials said.  Read More...

Last August, 11-year-old Andrew Lamphere of Garden Valley collapsed during football practice and soon died from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA).   Read More...

Australian scientists have made an important discovery about how the heart works.  Read More...

The odds of surviving cardiac arrest are greater if it is caused by a "shockable" arrhythmia and if bystanders can give CPR and a shock from a nearby automated external defibrillator (AED), a new study finds.  Read More...

A Prairie View A&M student has died after she collapsed during class.  Read More...

A protocol using a combination of core and surface cooling modalities was rapid, safe and low cost in achieving mild therapeutic hypothermia, and relied on readily available equipment rather than costly commercial devices, according to a study in the January issue of Resuscitation.  Read More...

There are inherent problems and inconsistencies with calculating the number of sudden cardiac deaths (SCD) in the young.  Read More...

Competitive cyclist Brian Fouche has spent more than a decade racing toward finish lines.  Read More...

Clustering of risk factors may help detect cardiovascular disease in youth, according to the results of a cross-sectional study reported online January 17, 2011 in Pediatrics [1].  Read More...

The parents of a six-year-old Pflugerville boy call his survival "miraculous" after he stopped breathing and his heart stopped last week.  Read More...

Thirty-year-old John Campanella, who’d been happily married for a mere three months, felt as though he’d been handed a death sentence.  Read More...

Daniel Walls was like any other 8th grader on the basketball team at Chauncey Rose Middle School in Terre Haute when he collapsed January 3 in the middle of warm-ups. Read More...

South Dakota School of Mines senior and former Hardrocker football player Eric Westwang died this past weekend at his home is Sheridan, Wyoming, due to an undetected heart condition.  Read More...

Alexandria School District 206 is trying to cope with the unexpected death of an 18-year-old student. Read More...

School officials have said that the death of one of their students was caused by a heart deficiency.  Read More...

All secondary school students should be required to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and receive an overview of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), according to an American Heart Association science advisory. Read More...

The death of an 18 year old Granger teenager at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center may end up in court.  Read More...

The unique rigors of Afghanistan — where Marines and soldiers must carry heavy packs, body armor and weapons over mountainous terrain — add to the strain on the hearts of troops already fighting dehydration and the stress of combat.  Read More...

A female student athlete at Goshen High School collapsed during overtime timeout at the Goshen-Highland Home basketball game in Goshen Tuesday night.  Read More...

One in five heart defibrillators may be implanted for questionable reasons without solid evidence that the devices will help, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis.  Read More...

After nearly six months of investigation into the sudden death of a teenage girl at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, the St. Joseph County coroner said he intends to rule her death "natural."  Read More...

Robert Roy is known throughout southwest Riverside County as a parent with a mission to save the lives of children from death due to sudden cardiac arrest.  Read More...

Syncope and seizures went unrecognized as warning signs of impending sudden cardiac arrest in children and young adults, based on the results of a retrospective survey of 20 families whose children had these antecedent events. Read More...

Scientists have identified DNA sequence variations associated with abnormal heart rhythms that can cause heart damage and sudden death.  Read More...

An Omro Middle School student was transported to Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh Thursday morning after collapsing at school. Read More...

National guidelines that stipulate shock doses for bringing kids out of cardiac arrest are off the mark, a new study shows - and an alternative dose tested in the study didn't work too well, either.  Read More...

A student from Walkertown Middle School died after collapsing during an intramural basketball game at school on Wednesday, officials said.  Read More...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a public workshop to share FDA’s understanding of the risks and benefits of external defibrillators, to clarify FDA’s current expectations for how industry should identify, report, and take action on problems observed with these devices, and to promote innovation for next-generation devices that will bring safer, more effective external defibrillators to market.  Read More...

A North County boy who collapsed during gym class remains in critical condition Wednesday.  Read More...

The Novato Unified School District board listened to legal experts and paramedics talk about defibrillators on Tuesday night before voting unanimously to place the life-saving devices in schools.  Read More...

Many North Jersey schools have lifesaving defibrillators, but they often aren't accessible after hours and they are seldom found at sports practices or camps.  Read More...

A 19-year-old woman was recovering Saturday after going into cardiac arrest at Boston Oral and Facial Surgery in Chinatown.  Read More...

Quick thinking, fast action and one smart machine saved a life Tuesday at East Stroudsburg University.  Read More...

Madeline Seely, 11, a Benicia Middle School sixth-grade student, died in her sleep Monday night at her home in Martinez. Read More...

A group of parents s push to get the local public school board to halt the phasing in of wireless Internet technology in schools with a public information session Tuesday night.  Read More...

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A sixth-grade student at J. Frank Dent Elementary School in Fort Washington died Monday after she collapsed at school in the morning, school officials said.  Read More...

A 16-year-old from Garfield died after he was struck in the chest by a baseball Friday during a club team practice in Paterson, family members confirmed Saturday.  Read More...

A Liberty High School student collapsed in his seat at school Thursday morning and was pronounced dead later about an hour later at St. Luke's Hospital in Fountain Hill, according to the superintendent of the Bethlehem Area School District.  Read More...

A student at Beloit Memorial High School died on Monday following a medical emergency in class.  Read More...

Investigators are still trying to figure out why an 18-year-old runner collapsed on a busy Carlsbad street and died.  Read More...

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center is delivering defibrillators to area high schools after a spike in the incidence of cardiac arrest among young people and adults.  Read More...

Sudden deaths of young athletes around the country regularly grab headlines.  Read More...

Quick thinking by a coach meant a high school basketball stand-out and his family had his life to be thankful for on Thanksgiving.  Read More...

Ted Hodges dropped to his knees in a Notre Dame fencing practice last week. Read More...

Twenty players participate tonight in their last home football game as Texas Longhorns. Their families will join them on the field for Senior Night.  Read More...

The founders of a new program aimed at getting teens tested for heart irregularities have a message for parents: Be aware. It could save your child’s life.  Read More...

The Medical Examiner's office said on Wednesday that an El Camino High School student who collapsed during a gym class died a sudden death resulting from a heart condition.  Read More...

Al Schiller, crouched over his inline skates, speeds down Manhattan Beach Boulevard as it drops onto the pier and whizzes by couples strolling down the wooden boardwalk. Read More...

Four months after a Lewisville High School football player died in a football game from a heart defect,  school district leaders to screen athletes to make sure it doesn't happen again.  Read More...

The 27-year-old Tulsa native who died Sunday while running the Route 66 half-marathon was a fitness enthusiast who had a tattoo of Oklahoma with a heart marking the city where he was born and raised, family members said Monday.  Read More...

A gifted young singer from Cheektowaga with flaming red hair and a spirit to match died unexpectedly Wednesday after she collapsed during cross-country track practice at Nyack College, her family and school officials said.   Read More...

News has learned an autopsy determined that the cause of Reggie Garrett's deaths is Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy or ARVC, according to information KFDM News has received from Justice of the Peace Derry Dunn.  Read More...

Every year, tragedy strikes young athletes on the playing field or indoor court: A 20-year-old star basketball or football player collapses during a game and dies. Or a high school track runner dies after finishing second in a race. Although these deaths seem to come out of nowhere, a leading Functional Medicine professor says such deaths may be preventable by monitoring teen athletes’ levels of magnesium.  Read More...

The Worcester district attorney said Tuesday that the death of a 16-year-old boy who collapsed during a junior varsity football game in Warren appears to be an accident.  Read More...

School-based programs that teach CPR and the proper use of automated external defibrillators (AED) boost survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest, new research reveals.  Read More...

An 18-year-old bassoonist at the Peabody Conservatory collapsed during a private lesson Monday and was declared dead at Mercy Medical Center, a school spokesman said. Read More...

A bill to create grants to purchase life-saving devices for America's schools has twice been given life in the House of Representatives but has died a slow death that is near complete in the U.S. Senate.  Read More...

No matter how we argue in comfortable air conditioned lecture halls about global warming and climate change, we will still be able to fry eggs on the bleachers while teenagers eager to make the grade as college football players have two-a-day summer work outs. So it was on September 24, 2006, when Dale Lloyd II collapsed after sprinting 100 yards for the 16th consecutive time during a conditioning workout.  Read More...

A person during very early grieving has a significantly higher risk of experiencing abnormal heart rhythms, which raises the chances of heart attack and sudden cardiac death, Australian researchers explained today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2010, Chicago, USA.  Read More...

To Dominic Duran's family, a safety plan isn't just a document shoved in a drawer - it's the difference between life and death.  Read More...

In a few short seconds an RCTC baseball player was fighting for his life. Read More...

A Poway High School student who collapsed at home before school Wednesday was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, officials said.  Read More...

Nothing could have kept Christian Silveira from varsity tryouts for the Archbishop Mitty High School soccer team.  Read More...

A Vancouver high school student died after suffering a medical emergency on a school bus, school officials said.  Read More...

Emergency physicians might see many patients with run-of-the-mill vasovagal syncope but doctors must remain vigilant for those occasional patients whose syncope has a more ominous etiology, recommends Dr. Trevor Lewis.  Read More...

In many ways, Melinda Murray is frozen in time.  Read More...

Authorities recently concluded that cardiac arrest killed Lamar Abel, a young man from Sunrise who played on the 2008 University of Florida national championship football team. Read More...

20 year-old Alexander Pace of Oxford, Georgia died Wednesday night after collapsing at the RAC, according to the Dean of Students office.  Read More...

A 16-year-old FFA member visiting Indianapolis last weekend for the organization's annual convention has died. The girl collapsed downtown at the convention center last Wednesday. Read More...

Jose Cerda Navarro, 18, was practicing with the Cincinnati Marlins Swim Club at St. Xavier High School's Keating Natatorium when he suffered a cardiac event.  Read More...

The 21-year-old accounting major from Bainbridge Island died from a heart condition known as endocarditis, his family said in his obituary.  Read More...

A highly caffeinated, but legal alcoholic drink was responsible for sickening dozens and sent nine Central Washington students to the hospital, prompting initial police fears that the party-goers had been drugged, police said today.  Read More...

A 14-year-old El Camino High School student collapsed during physical education class Monday and later died, authorities said.  Read More...

Emergency medical crews revived a 15-year-old student after he collapsed during gym class in Plainsboro today, according to police.  Read More...

A Tri-County Technical College freshman died after collapsing at an Anderson high-school track Wednesday, officials said.  Read More...

A Hamilton County medical examiner’s report shows that a heart condition likely killed a 17-year-old East Ridge High School student.  Read More...

Hypertension affects about five of every 100 children and is the most common cardiovascular disease in pediatric athletes.  Read More...

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is one of 34 clinical centers across the United States and Canada that will participate in a $21 million federal study over six years to explore the use of body cooling to treat cardiac arrest in newborns and children.  Read More...

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An autopsy has revealed that a Bradley University baseball player died of an undiagnosed heart condition.  Read More...

The irony of what happened to Scott Dolezal on the morning of Aug. 1, 2009, is that he was in the best shape of his life.  Read More...

Charles Antzelevitch must be one of Central New York’s most prolific authors, publishing 403 articles and four books.  Read more...

Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon today announced that the Cardiac Assessment of Young Athletes programme is to receive additional funding of £150,000 to allow it to run for a further two years.  Read More...

A 12-year-old boy from Keller is out of a coma after suffering cardiac arrest.  Read More...

Chicago native Elizabeth Pearlman was taking part in a conditioning drill with her college basketball team last October when she collapsed.  Read More...

Nearly 300 Michiganders younger than 40 die each year of sudden cardiac death, with African-American males dying at 2 1/2 times the rate of others.  Read More...

A Mount Carmel High School student died after collapsing Tuesday afternoon while he played basketball at a South Side YMCA.  Read More...

A 16-year-old student collapsed yesterday during football practice at Carver Senior High School and was rushed to Tulane Medical Center where he died, according to Recovery School District Spokesman Ken Jones.  Read More...

There's new information in the death of a Cass Tech student that collapsed inside the school and later died Tuesday.  Read More...

According to Richmond County Coroner Grover Tuten, a 17-year-old Lakeside High School student has died after he collapsed following a basketball game on Monday.  Read More...

Two Bayonne EMTs were among those credited with saving the life of an eighth grade percussionist with the North Bergen High School Marching Band who collapsed in the bleachers while attending a varsity football game in Bayonne on Friday evening.  Read More...

A Kansas college already hit hard by tragedy this year is mourning yet another loss.  Read More...

Joliet Catholic boys basketball coach Jeremy Izzo had only been at the school for a little more than a year, but he was already a "beloved" part of the community who will be "sorely missed," principal Jeffrey Budz said.  Read More...

A runner at a cross country meet hosted by Georgetown High School collapsed and needed C-P-R Saturday.  Read More...

A Griffin high school passed away Friday, shortly after performing at an area elementary school.  Read More...

A recent Scott High School graduate died Wednesday night while watching his alma mater’s soccer game.  Read More...

Due to a paucity of data, controversy persists regarding the risk of cardiac events associated with children taking medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to a speaker here at the 2010 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition.  Read More...

A Waller Middle School sixth-grade student was listed in good condition at OU Medical Center Tuesday after collapsing on the sidelines of a football game Monday night.  Read More...

In a powerful demonstration of collective standing in the health care community, more than 40 organizations gathered on Capitol Hill to issue a call to action in reducing sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) deaths.  Read More...

The incidence and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) vary greatly around the world and researchers call for a better understanding of this variability to help improve OHCA prevention and resuscitation. However, to reach that understanding, researchers examining OHCA need to adopt standardized reporting techniques, according to a study in press in Resuscitation.  Read More...

 A student athlete at Harford Community College has died after suffering a medical emergency while at the first day of basketball practice.  Read More...

A 13-year-old Whaley Middle School student collapsed on campus and died Tuesday.  Read More...

Due to the lack of compelling evidence, the 2005 American Heart Association ACLS guidelines failed to make a definitive energy level recommendation for first and subsequent defibrillation attempts with biphasic AEDs.  Read More...

Financially strapped Bay State high schools are grappling with a blizzard of sports safety regulations and litigation at a time when many don’t have money for new teachers, let alone CPR training and athletic trainers, school officials say.  Read More...

 A first-year Elon University student died today after she had collapsed, the college said in a statement.  Read More...

An American Fork Junior High student who suffered from a sudden heart problem and collapsed during PE was saved by two teachers assisted by two students, KSL reported Tuesday.  Read More...

An Indianapolis family that lost their teenage son to an undiagnosed heart condition is embarking on a mission to warn other parents of the often hidden risk.  Read More...

More than 120 sixth graders at Hogg Middle School in Houston received cardiac ultrasound and electrocardiogram tests Thursday as part of a continuing program to reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD), the No. 1 killer of young athletes in the United States.  Read More...

A Covell Elementary student died Wednesday after collapsing after school, a Grand Rapids Public Schools spokesman said.  Read More....

Sudden cardiac arrest. It happens to young people more than many of us would want to think. Read More...

Farmerville Police Chief Bim Coulberston says the Sept. 5 death of high school football player was caused by an enlarged heart.  Read More...

Players, coaches, family and friends attend funeral for high school football player who died last week.  Read More...

An alarming number of children are the victims of sports-related injuries each year. Some of those are fatal.  Read More...

A 20-year-old college student collapsed during a wrestling tournament at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday and later died, officials said.  Read More...

It's still not clear what caused a teenaged football player to collapse on the sidelines Friday in Orange.  Read More...

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Akhir Frazier would have begun his junior year at Norristown Area High School the week before last.  Read More...

A Texas high school football player died Friday night after collapsing following a touchdown pass, officials said.  Watch video

A Texas high school football quarterback died Friday after collapsing during a football game, a hospital official said. Read More...

A student has died after falling unconscious during PE class. Read More...

Authorities say a fifth grader who collapsed at his elementary school playground in Phoenix has died at a hospital.  Read More...

A nurse in the bleachers saved a Central Catholic junior who suffered a cardiac arrest during a football game last Friday night.   Read More...

An abrupt, fatal heart attack in a young athlete on the playing field is a tragedy destined to repeat itself over and over until more is understood about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disorder that is the most common cause of sudden death in young people but which affects people of all ages. Read More...

A beloved GW graduate student died suddenly Sunday morning after completing a half marathon in Virginia Beach, Va. He was 27.  Read More...

Tuesday's practice-field death of a football player at Wekiva High School in Orange County has raised questions about how athletes' physical condition is checked before they're allowed to play. Here are some answers:  Read More...

Wekiva High School ninth-grader Olivier Louis died this afternoon after collapsing on the football field during practice, officials said.  Read More...

A football player collapsed during practice at Spruce Creek High School this evening and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, emergency workers said.  Read More...

A DEVOTED Queens mother who lost her son during his first semester of college is hoping to save others from feeling similar pain.  Read More...

Annette Berke wants all student athletes screened for heart problems before they run onto the field or jump in the pool.  Read More...

Gene Winkler had just finished a light weightlifting session with the Fleetwood High School football team when the players went to the gymnasium.  Read More...

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Mount Saint Mary's University has announced that a first-year student unexpectedly died on Wednesday.  Read More...

The man was taken to Rex Hospital.  Campus Police are not able to identify the man or confirm whether he is a student at N.C. State.  According to Lieutenant Moody, the subject is still alive. Read More...

Hamilton County school officials have announced that a female East Ridge High School student died Tuesday afternoon around 3:30. Read More...

One year after finding their teenage son collapsed on the kitchen floor due to an undetected heart problem, an East County family is creating change so other parents won't suffer the pain of losing a child. Read More...

While hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common cause of sudden death in competitive soccer players, when pro players were screened for the problem with electrocardiography (ECG), the positive results all turned out to be false positives, according to a small study. Read More...

Shauna Stuewe might still be alive today if an automated external defibrillator had been nearby the day that she fainted during cheer practice at Esperanza High School in 2006, her parents believe.  Read More...

An 18-year-old Clay-Chalkville High School stu¬dent died Monday after he fell asleep and was later found unresponsive, the school's football coach said Tuesday. Read More...

About two dozen of Kendall Tapley's closest friends choked back tears Monday while listening to the 15-year-old's favorite song, "The Prayer," by Kid Cudi.  Read More...

Tragedy struck Northwest Christian High School, just days before the start of classes. Read More...

One Bakersfield mother is fighting to make schools safer for children suffering from a heart condition that she calls "The Silent Killer." Read More...

The Darke County Coroner’s Office and the Darke County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death of a 12-year-old child identified as Jordan T. Pond of Versailles.  Read More...

Lake Superior State University is remembering one of its students tonight. Read More...

An incoming freshman on Lynchburg College's soccer team has died after collapsing during training last week.  Read More...

Mikhail Torrance, former University of Alabama basketball star who recently signed a contract to play professionally in Israel, was rushed to a hospital after collapsing at the start of a workout today.  Read More...

Arlington Boy Scouts Matthew Tyrrell and Eric Matthews have won a national video contest sponsored by Cardiac Science and the Boy Scouts of America. Read More...
 

The campus of North Carolina A&T State University is mourning the loss of a student who died Thursday.  Read More...

Researchers were able to identify high-risk residential areas suitable for the placement of an automated external defibrillator by using simple demographic characteristics of a city center, according to a new study published in Circulation.  Read More...

Whether it's better for bystanders to be instructed by emergency dispatchers to perform only chest compressions or chest compressions with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation might depend on the type of arrest, according to a study in the July 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.  Read More...
 

A football player’s death could change how a local school district handles physical exams for student athletes. Read More...

Olivia Corinne Hoff had a good heart, her family friends share. Read More...

Martin Middle School seventh-grader Trey Parks, son of Brad and Eve Parks, is recovering at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after a collision on the football field during jamboree action on Friday night at Calloway County High School in Mayfield, Ky. Read More...

A study published in the August Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) finds that molecular imaging -- a non-invasive imaging procedure -- can identify high-risk patients with potentially life-threatening cardiovascular conditions and help physicians determine which patients are best suited for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy.  Read More...

It's the time of year when school sports start gearing up for fall with two-a-day football practices, afternoon soccer scrimmages and long cross-country runs.  Read More...

Signs of heart disease — generally thought to be a disease of middle age — can be seen even in children, cardiologists now know.  Read More...

Three teachers and one principal worked together to perform CPR and use an AED to save the life of one of their students, Levi Pocza.  Read More...

Christopher Campbell, a Temperance Bedford High student-athlete, who collapsed during a recent football practice, is out of a coma. Read More...

El Dorado County authorities say an 11-year-old boy has collapsed and died during youth football practice in Northern California. Read More...

Imagine for a moment, you and your friend are having dinner in a small restaurant and suddenly your friend stops breathing and collapses on the floor.  Read More...

A Bedford high school athlete is in an induced coma at Toledo hospital after collapsing Tuesday during a workout on the high school football field.  Read More...

Researchers have devised a method to create patient-derived cells that can mimic the phenotype that causes long-QT syndrome, which may help in the development of new drug therapies for the disease.  Read More...

A sinus-related health problem may be linked to the deaths of people who suffer sudden cardiac arrest while sleeping, according to findings published in the journal, Circulation Research.  Read More...

UW family medicine physician Jon Drezner discusses sudden cardiac arrest and its effect on young athletes.  Read More...

An early study in rats provides the first direct indication that a major component of smog might trigger cell death in the heart, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2010 Scientific Sessions - Technological and Conceptual Advances in Cardiovascular Disease.  Read More...

Before his first season, training for football seemed to be the best thing for Edgar Aviles. Read More...

With a lot of help, Olivia Quigley survived the scariest day of her life. The Winthrop girl went into cardiac arrest when she was just 6 years old. Read More...

The Charleston County Coroner’s office has released the cause of death for a 15-year-old student who died after he was found unconscious in a middle school restroom nine weeks ago.  Read More...

When Arnie and Amy Jones married, they were a picture perfect couple, but the picture would be forever changed one night in their living room. Read More...

Exposure to high levels of traffic air pollution among people with heart or lung disease is associated with reduced heart rate variability (HRV), a risk factor for sudden cardiac death, finds a new study. Read More...

Few events are as shocking as a young person’s sudden death from an undetected underlying heart condition.  Read More...

Dozens of lifesaving devices in city parks may fail those in desperate straits because they are not working properly, supplies are missing or they simply cannot be found.  Read More...

When she was four, Sara Dumas' parents took her to the emergency room. Read More...

This particular tool box is a literal lifesaver. Read More...

Hundreds of thousands of Americans die of sudden cardiac death each year, an occurrence that can run in families.  Read More...

A pacemaker is keeping a 3-year-old South Florida boy's heart beating after he went into cardiac arrest during a trip to a water park over the July 4 weekend. Read More...

The Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute has been awarded a $1.66 million, four year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to develop a
measurement system that could help doctors predict which patients could be struck by sudden cardiac arrest, a heart rhythm disturbance that causes instant death in more than 95 percent of cases. Read More...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have solved a mystery connected with why people die from sudden cardiac arrest during sleep - potentially saving thousands of lives. Read More...

Ohio State University’s Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital is one of the first facilities in the country to implant a next generation defibrillator in a patient to combat sudden cardiac arrest, a silent killer that claims more than one million lives each year worldwide. Read More...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the establishment of a new Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) that will offer coverage to uninsured Americans who have been unable to obtain health coverage because of a pre-existing health condition.  Read More...

Sometimes the first symptom of a serious heart problem is sudden cardiac death (SCD).  Silent heart conditions may exist, surfacing with fatal results. Read More...

School's out for the summer, and kids around Chicago are finally getting the chance to run and play outside.  Read More...

What was to be a weeklong camping trip was marred by tragedy when a 17-year-old girl died after hiking at an LDS girls' camp near Heber on Monday. Read More...

Young Jacobi Hill, the six year old who died on May 11 at the VCU Dental Clinic died of natural causes, according to the State Medical Examiner. Read More...

For every logical rebuttal, every billion dollars of additional costs, there is an individual tragedy to keep the question alive.  Read More...

Poway Unified School District officials want to equip all 37 of the district's schools with automated devices that almost anyone could use to restart the heart of someone experiencing cardiac arrest.  Read More...

Visualization of cardiac scar tissue and gadolinium enhancement on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging each predict an increased risk of a major cardiovascular event in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), according to two studies published online June 23 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  Read More...

A new study may reopen the debate over whether children being considered for drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should first undergo cardiac screening.  Read More...

Traditional methods for assessing patients after cardiac arrest may be underestimating their chances for survival and good outcomes, according to a new study by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers now available online in the journal Resuscitation. Read More...

A Valley mother hopes her loss will help other parents become more aware of potential health issues in their children. Read More...

Until February 27, the only thing 15 year-old Josh Bowman worried about was his skateboard. Read More...

At least 10 teenagers die from heart attacks every year in Texas, and many of those could be prevented, experts say.  Read More...

Sudden cardiac arrest claims thousands of lives every year, and has struck several local young athletes. Read More...

A Navarro College student's death in March was the result of natural causes and not alcohol. Read More...

Tristen D. Hopkins, 22, of Houston, a sophomore chemical engineering major, died Monday evening at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Read More...

A Nevada nurse recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to lobby for additional funding for adolescent sudden cardiac arrest research. Read More...

The Anoka County coroner's office is investigating the unexplained death of a college student in Hutchinson.  Read More...

This story was written by Christine Puricelli of Chandler, a nurse and a member of Parent Heart Watch, which seeks to increase awareness of sudden cardiac arrest in young people. Read More...

Anthony Maselli doesn’t have to think long about his worst fear as the Montgomery school district’s athletic director: Read More...

One day after James Brantley Goins' death in an Augusta YMCA, Y President Danny McConnell had a message. Read More...

On August 10, 2006, our seemingly healthy 11-year-old daughter Janet died of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) while at cheering practice in Warren.  Read More...

A Central High School freshman football player remains hospitalized after he lost consciousness Tuesday night during the first day of conditioning for the upcoming season. Read More...

The autopsy results released today reveal that a sudden collision during a baseball game traumatized the heart of Andrew Cohn, killing him. Read More...

A group of grateful students, teachers and parents gathered in the gym of Francis Howell Middle School on Tuesday to celebrate not only the last day of school but a classmate who will be returning for another year.  Read More...

A person's chances of surviving a cardiac arrest depend largely on the neighborhood in which they collapse, a new study suggests. Read More...

Medics revived a 13-year-old Bolder Boulder runner who went into cardiac arrest at the Folsom Field finish line Monday morning. Read more...

When a teen in Mill Creek died of sudden cardiac arrest his family decided to take action.  Read More...

An Adams County student is alive today thanks to the quick thinking of a Fairfield Area gym teacher and school nurse. Read More...

A teacher at Oregon City High School has been credited with helping save a student who collapsed in his classroom. Read More...

A 15-year-old boy has collapsed and died while playing basketball at a high school north of Los Angeles. Read More...

Grief counselors were on the Albemarle High School campus Thursday after a popular student-athlete collapsed and died. Read More...

Nineteen-year-old Phillip Valenti said he does his best to stay in shape and eat right, so it was a shock when he collapsed in his home of cardiac arrest.  Read More...

Few events are as shocking as a young person's sudden death from an undetected underlying heart condition.  Read More...

Investigators in central Illinois are trying to figure out what caused the death of a 13-year-old boy who collapsed at a school in Normal. Read More...

A grieving family in Richmond, Va., is still looking for answers after a trip to the dentist resulted in the death of their 6-year-old boy.  Read More...

Oregon Sen. Mark Hass recognized the value of automated external defibrillators. Read More...

Lifeguards, managers and other staff at the nation's aquatic facilities should be trained to use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to reduce heart attack fatalities — the top cause of death at swimming pools, lakes and beaches, suggests a recently study from Ball State University.  Read More...

Stunned by the sudden death of 17-year-old senior Jeremy Collins, students, teachers and counselors at Sir Francis Drake High School gathered Friday to grieve and remember. Read More...

Austin Redd was in great spirits today and ready to finish his semester at school, this is surprising since it was just yesterday that he collapsed in the middle of gym class.  Read More...

A 13 year old Francis Howell Middle School student collapsed in P.E. class Thursday afternoon. Read More...

Thaddeus Maurice Calvary, a St. Andrews Middle School eighth-grader, died Monday after being found unconscious in a school bathroom, the boy's father said.  Read More...

Maureen VanBuren, superintendent of schools, said extra counselors from BOCES and Whitehall schools have been brought in to meet with students and faculty who want to talk about the death Monday of Benjamin Palmer, 16, of Comstock.  Read More...

The sudden death of a local teenager has resulted in a change coming to every San Diego County school this fall.  Read More...

An autopsy says an ECU student who collapsed on campus died because of a heart problem. Read More...

A grateful Matthew Murphy is thankful his son, 20 year-old Brenden Murphy is alive. Brenden was playing basketball at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center Wednesday when he collapsed.  Read More...