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Texas A&M freshman football players lined up for their athletic physicals recently, and youngsters across the country are doing likewise this time of year no matter their level of sport. Read More...

Late Friday evening, Governor Rick Perry signed three important pieces of legislation that will impact the heart health of all Texans. Read More...

Golden High School softball player, Breanna Hall was known as “the angel in the outfield” even before her sudden and tragic death last year. Read More...

In an effort to prevent instances of sudden cardiac death, Senator Fred H. Madden sponsored legislation that would require that all annual physical examinations given to children under the age of 19 include questions evaluating the child’s cardiovascular disease risk, and require health care practitioners who perform these examinations to complete training on cardiac screening.  Read More...

Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, on Tuesday announced that she has introduced the Teaching Children to Save Lives Act (House Resolution 2308), legislation that would provide critical resources to assist schools with teaching students across the country the lifesaving skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how to use automated external defibrillators (AED). Read More...

The Scott County Sheriff's Office confirms that Shadara Douglas, the 17-year-old daughter of Deputy Roger Douglas, passed away on Wednesday. Read More...

The Senate Education Committee unanimously approved Senate Bill 606, state Sen. Andy Dinniman’s bill to put automated external defibrillators (AED’s) in public and private schools. Read More...

A young boy who was rushed to the hospital today after suffering from cardiac arrest is recovering, a sheriff’s official said. Read More...

The University of Buffalo is mourning the unexpected death of a former football player. Read More...

Officials at California Lutheran University say a student died while researching lizards in the hills north of campus. Read More...

Police say a Bentley University basketball player has died after collapsing at a men's recreational summer league game. Read More...

It was the longest three minutes of Gail Longo’s life. Read More...

Experts say CPR saved Billy Baker’s life. Read More...

A 9-year-old girl who suffered from and overcame a life-threatening heart condition will astound you with her courage. Read More...

State lawmakers have approved a bill giving students more requirements to meet before graduating from high school. Read More...

During a Great Falls Little League game on Saturday, May 18, the Adam P. Seymour Foundation donated an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) to the Great Falls Little League as part of the foundation’s commitment to providing AEDs to organizations and schools that do not have the medical device.  Read More...

A life saving device wasn’t working at the Normandy School District, and a mother says that’s why her son is dead. Read More...

Ben Smith was at football practice when he suddenly collapsed on the field. He may have died if it wasn’t for his coach, according to KUTV 2News.  Read More...

With the spring sports season well underway and summer preseason practices and youth league games around the corner, young athletes are already enjoying warm weather activities and competition.  Read More...

A 16-year-old girl lay lifeless on an operating table. A two-sport athlete at Campbell County High School, full of life and energy, Lydia Clark had to be shocked back to life by doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Read More...

Congenital heart disease is one of the most common abnormalities in babies, affecting nearly 1 percent of all newborns. Read More...

A good Samaritan saved the life of an 8-year-old boy who went into cardiac arrest after being hit in the chest with a ball during a baseball game in New Jersey.  Read More...

York County Coroner Barry Bloss said today an autopsy performed on the body of Tyqua Sterling Galloway did not reveal anything conclusive about the man's death, but preliminarily, it appears it was natural. Read More...

A 14-year-old Lincoln High School student has wowed the national medical community and probably ruffled mighty Apple Inc. with her overachieving science project proving iPad2s can jam life-saving heart implant devices. Read More...

In February, hundreds of youth sports safety advocates convened at a Washington hotel.  Read More...

After falling from a slide last week, a 3-year-old continues to fight for her life. Read More...

The College of Business Administration (COBA) at Georgia Southern University has been given an automated external defibrillator (AED) by the family of Cory Wilson. Read More...

With summer approaching, researchers caution that swimming pools may pose a risk to patients with irregular heartbeats who've received implantable defibrillators. Read More...

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed SHB 1556 into law today ensuring that all high school students receive CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) training before they graduate. Read More...

It's estimated that up to 450,000 people each year suffer sudden cardiac arrest in the United States, and some of those victims are teenagers. Read More...

Just before heading to the starting line for the Pittsburgh Half Marathon on Sunday morning, Kyle Chase Johnson toasted his roommate, Alex Calder, with a glass of raw eggs.  Read More...

A student at Jeter Primary in Opelika died Friday morning after a cardiac episode, according to a release from Lee County Coroner Bill Harris. Read More...

The state House Education Committee this week heard testimony from parents whose children died in school after suffering cardiac arrest. Read More...

A 3-year-old girl went into full cardiac arrest Thursday afternoon after falling from a slide. Read More...

In a paper published in Circulation, Chan and Morrison note that publicly registered AEDs in Toronto are not in the best locations to help victims of cardiac arrest. Read More...

The Lancaster County coroner has ruled that a Franklin & Marshall College student who collapsed in his dorm in February died of an irregular heartbeat. Read More...

A Bay County father choked back tears as he described how a successful spring turkey hunt with his teenage son turned in an instant from a celebration to a tragedy. Read More...

Ulster County is gaining a nice reputation as a place of life-saving heroes. Read More...

The parents of Wayne Jones III, the Tennessee State football player who died last season after collapsing on the practice field, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university. Read More...

The death of a Columbus State University student is being investigated as Public Relations Director for the University, John Lester confirms to NBC 38 that Cardiac Arrest is suspected in her death but will be confirmed pending Autopsy results. Read More...

Seniors from Lackawanna High School were due to return home on Monday from Disney World, sadly, minus one of their own. Read More...

Using a one-of-a-kind computer-aided program, Mayo Clinic has developed and implemented a Mayo-wide electronic warning system to identify patients at risk of QT-related deaths from an abnormality in the heart's electrical system. Read More...

Several members of the Wesleyan softball team used something they learned in school to save the life of a teammate. Read More...

Students at Theodore Roosevelt High School are struggling with the loss of a fellow student and friend today. Read More...

The following is an email sent by Curtis Middle School Principal Stephen Lambert: Read More...

Progress on curbing the leading killer of athletes―sudden cardiac death―by spotting heart problems early, has been slow. But the development of a series of online tutorials for sports and cardiology doctors looks set to reverse this trend. Read More...

An 8-year-old baseball player collapsed Saturday in Rohnert Park after being struck in the chest by a pitch, requiring CPR and a defibrillator to get his young heart going again. Read More...

Police on Friday continued to investigate a day after a Normandy High School student died following an incident at the school. Read More...

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Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the #1 cause of death for student athletes, claiming thousands of lives a year. Unfortunately, Sudden Cardiac Arrest happens unexpectedly and the only way to prevent it is to get tested and watch for the warning signs. Read More...

Drugs and alcohol did not factor into the February death of a Cal Poly student, who collapsed while returning to his campus apartment from a party. Read More...

A 16-year-old male student was airlifted to Palomar Medical Center Wednesday after a softball hit him in the chest and he collapsed at Ramona High School, according to officials. Read More...

Oregon lawmakers have begun considering a bill that is intended to save the lives of young athletes who are hit in the chest by a baseball or other object and go into cardiac arrest. Read More...

The 22-year-old Olivet Nazarene University student who last month died suddenly inside her campus apartment suffered from cardiac arrhythmia, a heart condition that kills an estimated 4,000 children, teens and young adults each year. Read More...

A seventh-grader at Royal Spring Middle School collapsed during a physical education class Tuesday morning and was unresponsive briefly, his teacher said. Read More...

Heidi Stewart describes death as nothingness. Read More...

A 25-year-old man’s heart stopped during Sunday’s Capitol 10,000 race, and paramedics were able to revive him within minutes. Read More...

Automated External Defibrillators (AED) are those breadbox-sized white boxes adorned with a bright red heart and lightning bolt seen in restaurants, bars, shopping malls and hotels across the country. Read More...

A Richmond County high school student collapsed during a beauty pageant at Paine College on Wednesday and was pronounced dead from natural causes at Georgia Regents University Medical Center, according to Richmond County Coroner Grover Tuten. Read More...

Empress EMS along with Yonkers Police Department ESU was dispatched to a 911 call at Coyne Park in the City of Yonkers for a reportedly unconscious person. Read More...

It was supposed to be no big deal when California man Marek Lapinski went to have his wisdom teeth pulled last month. Read More...

Kyle McCabe is only a freshman at Pope John Paul II (Royersford, Pa.), yet he’s already retired from football, baseball and basketball. Read More...

Seemingly healthy athletes who die of cardiac illnesses, sometimes right there on the field, is a tragedy you least expect. Read More...

A Fort Wayne teen has died over the weekend while attending a Christian retreat with his youth group in Panama City. Read More...

12-year-old Oliver Lavery can't remember anything about the day he died, but his parents say they'll never forget awaking to the realization that they could lose their normally healthy and active child. Read More...

Jessica Garcia, an 18-year-old freshman at HSU, died this morning shortly after being rushed to the hospital from Redwood Bowl. Read More...

Friends, fellow students and faculty members participated in a vigil honoring a University of South Alabama student who died Tuesday, after collapsing last week during an intramural volleyball game. Read More...

The community of Excelsior Springs is rallying around a family whose 16-year-old died in his sleep. Read More...

Tuesday night, February 19, Josh Level collapsed at a basketball game in Winston-Salem and died after being taken to the hospital. Read More...

The goal is for all high school graduates in North Dakota to have a life-saving skill on their résumés. Read More...

A Baylor University student from North Richland Hills has died after collapsing near the finish line of a half-marathon road race. Read More...

The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it was moving to toughen regulation of the industry that produces heart defibrillators — devices that are used to jolt a failing heart back into its regular rhythm — after tens of thousands of malfunctions and hundreds of deaths in recent years. Read More...

On Tuesday, a female student at the University of South Alabama collapsed while playing volleyball at the USA Recreation Center. Read More...

One of the leading causes of death in the United States is sudden cardiac arrest, which claims the lives of more than 325,000 people each year. Read More...

Gerson Lagunez, a Newman Smith High School student, cross-country star and band member, died suddenly on Friday afternoon at the age of 16. Read More...

A Ferndale High School student died Thursday after collapsing during track practice at the school. Read More...

Patients with certain risk factors may be subject to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias when taking azithromycin (Zithromax, Zmax), the FDA said Tuesday. Read More...

It was almost two years ago when Chris Storm took part in Young Hearts for Life, a voluntary cardiac screening program offered at his high school. Read More...

Framingham High Class of 2010 graduate Brittany Riva went to Florida with friends to celebrate her 21st birthday on March 3.  Read More...

On May 23, 2012, Adam Thompson, 16, leapt out of bed much earlier than usual, excited for his first day of driver’s education – a milestone in his book. It meant that his sweet sixteen party and his driver’s license would happen soon. Read More...

Community volunteers, namely parents, can be trained to perform an accurate electrocardiogram (ECG) screening, according to the results of a new study presented here today at the American College of Cardiology 2013 Scientific Sessions.  Read More...

A 9-year-old boy and his 10-year-old friend are being hailed as heroes after helping a woman whose baby stopped breathing. One boy gave instructions on how to CPR while the other boy waited for an ambulance.  Read More...

Many children with congenital heart defects now live to adulthood, and, perhaps not surprisingly, adult hospital admissions for congenital heart problems nearly doubled over a 12-year span, a national analysis determined. Read More...

Matt Lulinski was the type of kid who liked to help people. A freshman at Eastern Illinois University, he was studying to be a nurse. Read More...

A 16-year-old student had a heart attack during an afternoon English class at his high school, an FDNY official said.  Read more...

One trial examines whether cooling a patient's body temperature in the ambulance en route to a hospital improves the rate of cooling in the hospital, which has been proven to improve survival and reduce brain damage. Read More...

The state medical examiner says a University of Vermont student found dead in his apartment died from a heart problem. Read More...

In the two weeks after Katelynn Houghton and Alex Philipp launched their campaign to put an automated external defibrillator in the gym at Hardin Middle School in St. Charles, three were donated.  Read More...

David Wilganowski, a 17-year old football star at James Earl Rudder High School in Bryan, Texas, was in the middle of a game when his heart stopped. Read More...

A Pearland high school student reportedly died after he collapsed while on a basketball court Wednesday afternoon. Read More...

A third-grader is in the hospital after, officials said, he collapsed during gym class. Read More...

Michigan State University student Anna Flory, 19, from Hudsonville died unexpectedly on Saturday in East Lansing. Read More...

Classmates of a Harvard-Westlake swimmer who died last week after collapsing in the school pool are expected to honor the 16-year-old junior at an assembly on Monday. Read More...

A Bowling Green State University Student collapsed and died Sunday night after going out for a run. Read More...

Autopsy results have been released in the death of 20-year-old LSU Alexandria and former Elysian Fields outfielder Brandon Goyne, who collapsed and died during a practice on Jan. 18. Read More...

A high school basketball star has died after collapsing during a game. Read More...

A Western New England University student died Sunday night after collapsing during an intramural basketball game.  Read More...

A 19-year-old college student with a congenital heart condition collapsed and died early Saturday morning after a night of partying with friends in Greenwich Village, officials and her family said.  Read More...

An Anderson University football player died Thursday when he collapsed playing basketball on campus. Read More...

"I don't remember anything about that day," Ben Highland explained while hitting golf balls on a course. He was describing last February 6th, the day he died and was brought back to life. Read More...

Spend five minutes with Aaron Chan and a few things are very obvious: He's smart, doesn't have time for the limelight and he's engaged with the possibility of solitude. Read More...

Thanks to a quick acting team of teachers and the school nurse, a Big Spring High School student who went into cardiac arrest during gym class is alive.  Read More...

Four years ago, Joe Quigley got the call that his 6-year-old daughter, Olivia, had suddenly collapsed at East Boston Central Catholic School after doing gym class warm-ups, running around playing ball with her first-grade classmates. Read More...

The parents of a teenager who died from sudden cardiac arrest are turning their tragedy into an outreach for other families.  Read More...

Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong has confirmed that the student who died early Sunday was Brandon Huang, a second-year biology major.  Read More...

A 20-year-old Franklin & Marshall College student collapsed and died of undetermined causes early this morning in the common area of his residence hall, said Cass Cliatt, spokeswoman for the Lancaster college.  Read More...

The first-ever Bryan ISD Town Hall Meeting to discuss Health and Safety in Secondary School Athletics will be held at Bryan High School in the Silver Cafeteria on Monday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. Read More...
 

Every year in schools across the country, children and adults alike are struck by Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA).  Read More...

A high school student passed out and died during a game of dodgeball during school on Tuesday, according to College Station ISD. Read More...

A 15-year-old girl has died after passing out before a basketball game, and falling into a coma. Read More...

In a study conducted by the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), less than four percent of more than 31,000 sudden cardiac arrest victims (SCA) were treated with an automated external defibrillator (AED). Read More...

The Cumberland County coroner's office announced this afternoon that  James R. Wilson, 17, was the Mechanicsburg Area High School student who died at school Tuesday afternoon. Read More...

A University of New Hampshire student's life was saved Saturday evening when trained staff at the Hamel Rec Center and emergency response personnel were able to revive him after he went into cardiac arrest. Read More...

A student who went into cardiac arrest last month at Hope Elementary School in Carlsbad and was revived by school workers using a defibrillator is back in class after undergoing surgery. Read More...

After a girl collapsed at her middle school and later died, a lawmaker is proposing a bill which would allow school districts to require students to receive CPR certification before graduating. Read More...

A kindergarten student at Cypress Creek Elementary School died Wednesday after he told nurses he wasn’t feeling well, investigators said. Read More...

After a girl collapsed at her middle school and later died, a lawmaker is proposing a bill which would allow school districts to require students to receive CPR certification before graduating. Read More...

The first time Drew Brantley’s heart stopped, he was dead for at least four minutes. Read More...

Performing CPR for longer periods of time boosts chances of survival in both children and adults in hospital settings, two large U.S. studies show. Read More...

Novi Catholic Central student David Widzinski’s death last month has been classified as “heart arrhythmia of unknown etiology,” according to the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s report on Jan. 16. Read More...

An autopsy conducted on a Georgia Southern student who collapsed and died in a classroom Thursday was inconclusive. Read More...

Students, staff and family members are mourning the unexpected death of a 17-year-old high school student. Read More...

Authorities say a student at Georgia Southern University collapsed during class and later died. Read More...

A student from the University of Cincinnati went into cardiac arrest at the Campus Recreation Center Thursday at approximately 12:30 p.m. Read More...

A 17-year-old Detroit Public Schools student who was a senior at Martin Luther King Jr. High School passed out in front of the school Tuesday morning. Read More...

A dozen years later, Maruchi Mendez still chokes on her words when she talks about her son, a star baseball pitcher.  Read More...

An 11-year-old boy who went into cardiac arrest last week during a soccer game has died.  Read More...

Sudden cardiac death in young athletes has been a problem since the year 490 B.C., when a young Greek soldier ran from Marathon to Athens and fell suddenly to his death. Read More...

12-year-old Buford Middle School student collapsed Saturday night during a Gwinnett Basketball League all-star game at the Suwanee Sports Academy and later died. Read More...

It's been six weeks since Utah State University basketball player Danny Berger collapsed during a practice. Read More...

Former NFL wide receiver Chandler Williams passed away at the age of 27 on Saturday during a flag football tournament in Florida, according to a report from Local10.com. He reportedly died of natural causes. Read More...

Family members are preparing a Monday celebration of life for Kaylee C. Bujarski of Omaha, still longing to understand why the 13-year-old is dead. Read More...

THE family of a former Sunshine Coast student-turned-model are grief stricken after the popular teenager died unexpectedly in his sleep. Read More...

Despite no federal or uniform state requirements to do so, all school districts should have a doctor to oversee school health services, according to a policy statement from a group of American pediatricians. Read More...

It is three weeks before Christmas, a woman and her child are at the airport waiting for daddy's flight to get in.  Read More...

A student died after collapsing Tuesday afternoon on the Lawrence County High School football field, school officials said.  Read More...

As the majority of Dyer County students count down the days until Christmas break, the family members of one local middle school student are counting their blessings. Read More...

Temoc Castellanos, 15, was running at Long Beach's Jordan High practice when he collapsed and later died. Read More...

Family and friends of a Clayton High School baseball player are in mourning after he collapsed and died suddenly during team conditioning Thursday.  Read More...

Unfortunately, newspaper articles about young athletes dying suddenly on the field are not unheard of. Read More...

Bystander CPR saves more lives when just chest compression is performed without mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, a new study from Japan shows. Read More...

Immediately after Utah State basketball player Danny Berger collapsed during practice Tuesday, assistant athletic trainer Mike Williams rushed to his side, ordered for 911 to be called, performed CPR and then shocked Berger's heart back into rhythm with an automated external defibrillator. Read More...

The Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled this week that the death of Cranbrook student Caleb Lei was due to natural causes, police said. Read More...

A mother whose son fell to his death on a basketball court is doing her part to make sure the same thing doesn't happen to another family. Read More...

Inside Kent Meridian High School Officer Scott Rankin sees students every day. One always stood out. Read More...

A Cleburne family is waiting for answers about the sudden, unexplained death of a 13-year-old boy.  Read More...

A Fairfield Freshman School student died Tuesday, a day after collapsing during a recreational game of basketball, said Gina Gentry-Fletcher, schools spokeswoman. Read More...

CNN's Elizabeth Corridan reports on a family who is raising awareness about the risk of cardiac arrest in children.  Watch Video...

A member of the Utah State University men’s basketball team was transported to a hospital Tuesday afternoon after he stopped breathing and collapsed on the court.  Read More...

A family and community is grieving the loss of 16-year-old David Widzinski. Read More...

 Red Bank high school basketball player died this afternoon after collapsing at a scrimmage, school officials said. Read More...

Parents Steve and Christy Silva are pushing hard for some good to come from the unexpected death of their 7-year old son Aidan J. Silva.  Read More...

On the morning of Saturday, April 19, 2008, the lacrosse field at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, N.C., was awash in sunshine, a perfect day for a game. Read More...

Nationwide, it’s estimated more than a million automatic external defibillators have been installed. Read More...

While ensuring the safety of high school and college athletes is hardly controversial, the method and associated costs of doing so are hotly debated. Read More...

Jim Settles was 11 when his heart suddenly stopped beating. Read More...

A 16-year-old Lincoln-Way Central football player died Monday after suffering a heart attack while exercising in his New Lenox Township home.  Read More...

A 15-year-old boy collapsed and died during a physical education class at Centennial High School. Read More...

Jonathan Drezner, a doctor at the University of Washington, isn't sure if more young athletes are dying of heart attacks or if just seems like it because of mainstream media coverage. Read More...

Ronan Guyer, a Southold freshman, died Wednesday evening after suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing this past Friday during a warm-up before the New York State Public High School Athletic Association cross country championships in Elma. Read More...

A new study has identified a significant increased risk of cardiovascular disease, cardiomyopathies, and ventricular arrhythmias in people related to young victims of sudden cardiac death (SCD) [1]. Read More...

LISD trustees are scheduled to decide Thursday whether to foot the bill for cardiac screenings for every student-athlete in order to curb the risk of heart-related emergencies. Read More...

Most of the talk about big data in government has been about crunching through existing data pools to spot trends that older tools weren’t powerful enough to identify. Read More...

Lake County Coroner Merrilee Frey announced Friday she is reopening the case into the sudden death of a Lake Central High School student in August. Read More...

Scott Stephens asked the University Interscholastic League Legislative Council (U.I.L.L.C.) on Oct. 19 to require Electrocardiograms (E.C.G.) for high school football players and that they be read by cardiologists because if that had been the rule, his son, Cody, would be alive today. Read More...

A high school senior collapsed and died during a basketball game at his small school in southeast Nebraska this week. Read More...

Sixteen-year-old Mike Sanders found out about the Nick of Time Foundation when he had his heart checked in Redmond last year. Read More...

Tennessee State walk-on football player William Wayne Jones III collapsed Wednesday during a non-contact practice and later died, coach Rod Reed said. Read More...

It wasn’t part of a drill when high school sophomore Chris Fowler fell to one knee Oct. 9 during football practice at Lansing-area  Ovid-Elsie High School. Read More...

People with cardiac arrest are more likely to get cardiopulmonary resuscitation from strangers than members of their own family, especially wives, according to a study in Japan. Read More...

In honor of National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month the Janet Fund has launched the “Live with a Heart” wristband campaign. Read More...

Participants in a "crowdsourcing" challenge were able to find, photograph, and map more than 1400 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in the city of Philadelphia using a smartphone app, researchers told the American Heart Association 2012 Scientific Sessions today [1]. Read More...

School officials are still shaken up over this, and rightfully so. Read More...

A University of Wisconsin-Madison student died from cardiac arrest in Smith Residence Hall early Monday evening, according to Dean of Students Lori Berquam.  Read More...

The stories are always shocking: A young, often super fit teenager or young adult drops like a stone during an athletic event, dead before they hit the ground. Read More...

Alaina Dixon had no idea she had heart problems until she collapsed in cardiac arrest 25 yards from the finish line at the Chevron Houston Marathon in January 2011. Read More...

There is a quietness throughout campus as tragedy has hit close to home this past week. Freshman Will Cadogan was found dead in his dorm room late afternoon on Thursday, Oct. 18 after suffering from unknown causes.  Read More...

A 19-year-old student in the Compensatory Education program on the campus of Mount Airy High School collapsed in the gym and was later pronounced dead.  Read More...

An Oxford High School student died Monday, after she was found unresponsive in a bathroom at the school, Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown said.  Read More...

In the wake of a recent death of a 14-year-old Maryland teen, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the reports of the deaths of five people, as well as one non-fatal heart attack that have been linked with the popular energy drink Monster. Read More...

Most people know their Social Security number, or telephone number, or even their credit card number. Read More...

It sounds like a scenario out of a James Bond movie: a villain spots his quarry and uses a small device to hack into the official’s heart defibrillator, sending a signal for mayhem. Read More...

The high cost and low chance of reducing sudden cardiac deaths in athletes should sway the use of electrocardiograms (ECGs) in pre-participation physicals. Read More...

Gabby and Julie Griffin are just like any other 13-year-old girls. Read More...

The condition, known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, is one of the most common causes of sudden cardiac death - when the heart abruptly stops beating. Read More...

The University of Hawaii community is mourning the loss of a 19-year-old student athlete who died after a swim meet on Saturday from an apparent cardiac arrest.  Read More...

Simon Sudman was alive for less than four months before he died unexpectedly in 2005, from a heart condition called Long QT Syndrome. Despite his short life, Simon has already helped 5,063 people become more aware of the possible heart diseases that can exist and appear at any given time. Read More...

A freshman at Blinn College's main campus in Brenham has died after collapsing. Read More...

Their names live on in friends' and families' memories: Fred Thompson, 19, of Oregon State University; Charley Engelfried, 17, of Dallas High School; David Heller, 17, of Central Catholic High School; Cody Sherrell, 14, of La Center Middle School. Read More...

The campus of Asbury University was shocked this weekend by the sudden death of a student just months away from graduation. Read More...

When Ryan Child's heart stopped, his legs buckled beneath him and he hit the sidewalk face first.  Read More...

By the time Parent Heart Watch contacted her, Martha Lopez-Anderson was ready for the organization’s help. Read More...

A high school football player has died after he collapsed on the field during a game Friday night. The game was stopped after halftime. Read More...

Every year, healthy young people suffer sudden cardiac death, and doctors are often puzzled as to why the heart suddenly stopped beating. Read More...

A 20-year-old Post University student has died after collapsing during a cross country meet last month. Read More...

Jenny Snyder, 17, suffered sudden cardiac arrest while playing soccer back in 2008, and did not survive.  Read More...

This is Part 1 in a two-part series on two families with commonality in life, both with tragedy and triumph. Read More...

A Knoxville teenager spent Tuesday recovering from a heart-stopping situation at Central High School.  Read More...

It's always tragic when someone dies suddenly. But when such an unexpected event happens to a seemingly healthy child or young adult, it's especially devastating. Read More...

More than 100 Auburn High School students learned to listen to their hearts yesterday when they were screened by volunteer cardiologists for symptoms that could lead to sudden acrdiac arrest. Read More...

Each year between 10–12 million kids in the U.S. participate in sports.  The tragedy of a sudden death in an otherwise  “presumably healthy” child causes not only sadness, but concern as to how the death might have been prevented. Read More...

If it had happened on Friday the 13th, maybe it wouldn’t have turned out quite as well. Read More...

Sept. 4, 2010, began like any weekday for Christy Silva. As she went about her daily routine, her sons rode their bikes and played in the backyard of their Downingtown home, tagging along with her later when she ran errands. Read More...

The Stratton Mountain School community is reeling after a 16 year old student died in her sleep during a training camp in Chile. Read More...

A Scotland High School student died Monday after he went into cardiac arrest during a wrestling workout, Scotland County emergency officials said Tuesday. Read More...

A family from Nixa is using their personal story about a heart condition to save lives. Read More...

Amid a steady rise in the number of children with complex health problems, a push is on to establish more full-fledged medical clinics within public schools and make the school nurse a more active participant in children's medicine.  Read More...

All day Sunday, the cafeteria at Upper Dublin High School was filled with student athletes of every stripe. Read More...

A Richmond teen whose family had a close history with the Richmond High School “band family” collapsed after performing with the RHS Marching Band Friday night and remains in critical condition on Saturday at Dayton Children’s Hospital, hospital officials said. Read More...

The Franklin County Coroner's Office has announced the details surrounding the death of Columbus Crew midfielder Kirk Urso. Read More...

New research suggests there are race-dependent differences in the effect of obesity on blood pressure, with investigators showing that black children tend to have higher blood pressures than white children of a similar age and body-mass index (BMI) [1]. Read More...

Six years after 11-year-old Janet Zilinski succombed to sudden cardiac arrest during a cheerleading practice in Warren, legislation sponsored by Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick, R-Union, Morris and Somerset, known as “Janet’s Law,” was signed into law today by Gov. Chris Christie. Read More...

The Phoenix Suns' Channing Frye has been sidelined "indefinitely" after being diagnosed with an enlarged heart. Read More...

Despite recommendations to check children's blood pressure, pediatricians may often skip it, a U.S. study suggests. Read More...

A Walton County teen remained in an Atlanta hospital Tuesday after collapsing during football practice Monday afternoon. Read More...

A high school basketball player has died three days after he collapsed during a preseason workout.  Read More...

The phone call finally came. Read More...

Several Los Angeles officials said Friday that they would investigate the findings of an internal Los Angeles Fire Department report detailing delays in getting 911 callers to begin CPR on cardiac arrest victims. Read More...

As high school sports start up for the fall season, Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson discusses how to prevent sudden cardiac death in young athletes. Read More...

An 18-year-old Walled Lake Central High School graduate collapsed and died while playing basketball Tuesday night, according to the Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Office. Read More...

“I can’t believe I’m not gonna see him.” Read More...

A Mark Morris High School sophomore collapsed and briefly stopped breathing Sunday night while practicing basketball in an open gym session at the high school, Longview police said. Read More...

A 12-year-old Middletown boy was taken to Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank Friday night after going into cardiac arrest at Tindall Park, EMS officials said.  Read More...

When a hospital patient goes into cardiac arrest, one of the most difficult questions facing the medical team is how long to continue cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Sep 4, 2012 Read More...

A summer basketball game for a high school hoops star nearly turned deadly. Xhosa Fray-Chinn, 17,  collapsed on the court of Avalon Middle School, suffering from cardiac arrest. Read More...

The Spartans take to the football field in Queensbury for their first game at home, as they do every year. But this is not just a regular game. Read More...

EMS can improve SCA survival rates by mobilizing communities. Read More...

A Marin County mom is leading a very personal crusade that could bring new life-saving devices to local schools. Read More...

A San Diego County high schooler who collapsed during a pickup basketball game died from an enlarged heart complicated by obesity. Read More...

By the time I first heard his name last summer, while working at my pediatric cardiology clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, his face was all over the local television broadcasts. Read More...

Eleven-year-old Payton Jones of Vergennes, Vt., nearly died during a swim meet last month. While doing the breaststroke, her heart stopped beating. Read More...

Cardiovascular screening with ECG in young athletes is a cost effective way of diagnosing cardiac abnormalities, at just 138 Swiss Francs (about €115) per athlete. Read More...

We hear a lot about heat exhaustion and concussions. But it's estimated 1,000 students die every year from cardiac arrest.Read More...

Sudden cardiac arrest claims the lives of hundreds of children each year and yet standard sports physicals miss 96 percent of those at risk. Read More...

Eight students were transported to area hospitals from Millington Central High School on Wednesday as the school tried to cope with the death of football player Dana Payne. Read More...

Mark Peters, a North Brunswick-based personal trainer, was just four days shy of his 25th birthday last year when he went into sudden cardiac arrest while training a client at the gym. Read More...

In our state, the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) requires pre-participation physical exams (PPEs) for all high school athletes because they know one of the best preventions of sports injuries is finding hidden problems before they become major ones. Read More...

The first generation of patients to have historic, lifesaving heart surgery as newborns or children is now in their 20s and 30s and presenting doctors with a puzzle: What some thought were cures for serious heart defects are breaking down. Read More...

WhenIsaiah Laurencin, 17, a Miramar High School offensive lineman, died last summer during training drills, some wondered how a seemingly healthy student athlete could die so suddenly.  Read more...

The US Food and Drug Administration today recommended that patients with heart defibrillators connected to Riata leads from St Jude Medical obtain an X-ray or some other diagnostic imaging to check for possible lead-insulation problems that may require extraction [1]. Read More...

Folks close to Cody Stephens all knew he had a big heart, but no one would have ever believed it would have been a liability. Read More...

The images flashed on the screen in the auditorium at Emmaus High School: There was Hank Gathers, the All-American basketball player, collapsing and dying on a basketball court in 1990. Read More...

Daniel Lule, the Hall High School football player who collapsed on Wednesday during a practice drill in Spring Valley , died from an enlarged heart, according to Janice Wamhoff, Bureau County coroner. Read More...

The family of the late Kevin Major donated an automatic external defibrillator to Westfield's Amelia Park.  Read More...

After suffering a cardiac arrest, a Minnesota teen has made a miracle recovery and is now back on the baseball field where he almost lost his life, KARE-11 News reports. Read More...

A 17-year-old Hall High School football player collapsed during a practice Wednesday and later was pronounced dead. Read More...

Danny Rumph's death could lead to saved lives on the Philadelphia hoops courts where he played the game he loved. Read More...

Junior golfer Cameron Lang of Bethel Park has come back strong after missing most of last season with a heart problem. Read More...

At some high schools, athletes converge on the gym not for practice, but for a communal doctor's appointment that clears them to play sports for the year. Read More...

Up to 90% of all Sudden Cardiac Deaths (SCA) in young athletes occur during or immediately following strenuous physical activity and is most commonly reported in stop and start sports such as basketball, football, soccer and track and field. Read More...

The Columbus Crew announced Sunday that midfielder Kirk Urso, 22, died after being found unresponsive in front of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral near the Arena District. Read More...

Two Ogdensburg natives will be making the mile long swim across the St. Lawrence River this Sunday.  Read More...

As thousands of the world’s best athletes compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic games in London, a family physician at The University of Tennessee Medical Center is working to convince those who work with Olympic and other top sporting stars that the number of sudden cardiac deaths among young athletes can be reduced. Read More...

Neurologic outcomes for survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are significantly improved after implementation of the 2010 American Heart Association (AHA)'s fifth link in the chain-of-survival concept for postresuscitation care, show Japanese study results. Read More...

A scholarship athlete at Robert Morris University died Wednesday evening on the soccer field at The University of Illinois in Chicago. Read More...

On Aug. 5, former Ogdensburg Free Academy swim team standouts Renee Langstaff and Andee West will swim from Prescott, Ontario, Canada to Ogdensburg, to raise awareness of sudden cardiac death in youth. Read More...

For Phyllis and Darren Sudman, there may never be complete closure from the loss of their son Simon seven and a half years ago. Read More...

By the time I first heard his name last summer, while working at my pediatric cardiology clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, his face was all over the local television broadcasts.  Read More...

Cathy Vollmer sits in the front row at the 2003 USA National Swimming Championships in Indianapolis. Read More...

A 21-year-old Special Olympics softball player from Longview has died after collapsing during a regional tournament in Olympia, Wash. Read More...

“Dr. Fisher, can you teach our residents EKG lecture series?” Read More...

Gov. Beverly Perdue signed two pieces of legislation into law Thursday that she says could save lives in North Carolina. Read More...

Johns Hopkins experts in cardiology and cardiac imaging will provide free screening for the athletes and others at the event to assess their risk for heart conditions that can put them at risk of sudden death. Read More...

A 15-year-old Staten Island boy has died after collapsing at his high school football practice, police sources said Tuesday. Read More...

While some published research has hinted at the connection between the sickle cell trait and sudden cardiac death among young, athletic African-American males, which was initially observed in black military recruits 25 years ago, a new study with the first sizeable patient series definitively confirms this risk for these individuals during competitive sports.  Read More...

A young man never got the chance to attend Texas Southern University after he collapsed and died in the school's recreation room. Read More...

Adolescents with hypertension in a Medicaid population did not routinely undergo recommended imaging tests to rule out renal disease and assess possible organ damage, a study indicated.  Read More...

When 32-year-old Claire Squires collapsed in sudden cardiac arrest during the London Marathon in May, Dr Sanjay Sharma (St George's Hospital, London, UK), medical director for the race, tried in vain to save her.  Read More...

Concerned about the safety of young athletes, members of the American Osteopathic Association's (AOA) House of Delegates voted today to encourage schools to have readily accessible automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Read More...

In the next three years, about 400 people on the brink of death will be part of a study for which they did not volunteer. Read More...

A new study has identified a link between maternal workplace exposure to organic solvents and certain congenital heart defects [1]. Dr Suzanne M Gilboa of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, GA) and colleagues report their findings in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Read More...

A student died Thursday afternoon after collapsing at Dutchtown High while shooting basketball at the school gym, school officials said. Read More...

Cedars-Sinai researchers have linked Kawasaki Disease, a serious childhood illness that causes inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body, with early-onset and accelerated atherosclerosis, a leading cause of heart disease in adults. Read More...

Lawmakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey hope expanded laws for automated external defibrillators will encourage people to use the life-saving devices when someone suffers from cardiac arrest. Read More...

With the fall sports season approaching, the San Juan Regional Medical Center hopes to reduce the risk of sudden cardiac deaths in young athletes by giving youth free cardiac screenings on July 28. Read More...

Every year millions of students participate in interscholastic athletics, and getting a sports physical is a mandated rite of passage. Rather than viewing the physical as an inconvenience, ultimately it may save your child's life. Read More...

Her father’s death at age 26 from sudden cardiac arrest automatically put Janel Simmers into a high-risk category that meant close surveillance by a cardiologist and yearly heart screenings. Read More...

Longtime Mesa 911 operator LeAnn McLaws was skeptical at first. Read More...

Sudden cardiac arrest, possibly the result of a genetic condition, caused the death of 17-year-old Rancho Bernardo High School senior David Hu in January, according to the teen's autopsy report made available Friday. Read More...

Phoenix Coyotes forward Brett MacLean was air-lifted to a London, Ont., hospital Monday night after having a cardiac emergency while playing hockey in Owen Sound. Read More...

US doctors have shown it is possible to use an abbreviated echocardiogram for the screening of young athletes to try and identify those at risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) [1]. Read More...

For Brandon DiCicco, 13, Milford lives count, and it’s those three words that fuel the East Shore Middle School student to do whatever he can to save a life.  Read More...

A new study suggests that echocardiography be included as part of screenings to help identify student athletes with heart problems that could lead to sudden death. Read More...

A 15-year-old South Windsor High student died Friday evening after collapsing during an exercise for the Footloose Showchoir Camp held at the school, according to police. Read More...

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. Read More...

The most dangerous time for amateur athletes may not be during the heat of the game or even in rigorous practices. Read More...

Legislation that would require incidents of sudden heart attacks in student athletes to be reported to the state has passed a state Senate committee and could go to a full Senate vote by the end of June. Read More...

The headlines are often filled with this scenario: a person displaying violent, bizarre and agitated behavior is subdued by law enforcement personnel and later dies in custody. It appears to be a case of police brutality – but is it?  Read More...

A memorial for the 9-year-old boy who died after shooting baskets at the Boys & Girls Club of the Harbor Area will be held on Friday. Read More...

The incidence and economic burden associated with hospitalizations for pediatric hypertension in the U.S. has risen markedly, with costs exceeding $3 billion during the course of just one decade, a nationwide survey found.  Read more...

A bill that would require New Jersey schools to have automated external defibrillators on grounds was approved by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee today.  Read More...

Natasha Vaduthala, a recent West Hempstead High School graduate, died suddenly on Monday.  Read More...

Palm Desert High School's Athletic Director is speaking out, to honor the 16-year-old student who died during water polo practice earlier this week. Read More...

Senator Jim Alesi today announced that the Senate passed his bill (S.2491) to incorporate basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instruction and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) into high school physical education or health classes. Read More...

Thousands of seemingly healthy American kids die every year from sudden cardiac arrest. Read More...

When Christine Puricelli looks back on her daughter Emilie’s life, she sees the clues. Read More...

Student heart screenings don’t typically find many students at immediate risk of cardiac death, but they can alert kids to long-term problems, a Muskegon cardiologist said. Read More...

Norwegian Olympic swimmer Alexander Dale Oen, who died suddenly in his Flagstaff hotel on April 30, succumbed to an undiagnosed genetic heart condition. Read More...

Cardiac risks and teenagers, four words that you don't expect to find together.  Read More...

Dominic Duran, Kendall Tapley, Paul Simmons and Tom Schuman likely didn’t know each other, but they had a lot in common. Read More...

Several Lakeshore High School personnel were commended at the June 7 School Board committee meeting for their heroic actions May 14 in saving the life of a high school junior by using an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). Read More...

A team of Glen Rock residents determined to provide automated cardiac resuscitation devices at all borough sports venues is raising funds for that purpose, with the blessing of the Borough Council.  Read More...

This week, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed a historic law: The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act. Read More...

They all look so healthy.  Read More...

When Faith Goetzke asked her classmates how many of them knew someone with a heart condition, nearly everyone in the room raised their hand. Read More...

When Melissa Lawes stepped into Lake Winnipesaukee for a quick swim with her father when she was 15, she had no idea how those few minutes would change her life. Read More...

A 6-year-old boy has died after collapsing at his school during field day activities. Read More...

A 14-year-old died suddenly in Madison Heights last week after her parents say she suffered a seizure in her sleep. Read More...

The Lasalle High School community is in mourning after a former student died suddenly in Kentucky. Read More...

Heart disease is the number one killer of women. In many cases it can be prevented if you take care of yourself and live a healthy lifestyle. Read More...

There should be no further patenting of DNA gene sequences responsible for cardiovascular diseases, according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Read More...

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Sean Neely, 12, was playing catcher at a little league game in Freeport, Pennsylvania earlier this month when he was hit in the chest with a foul ball.  Read More...

If it’s doing its job, your heart is out of sight and (mostly) out of mind – but that can change in an instant, as West Seattle resident Kayla Burt learned almost a decade ago. Read More...

The House passed a bill Wednesday that protects student athletes from cardiac arrest. Read More...

Kimmy Gillary was on the water polo team for Troy Athens High School. During a game on April 3, 2000, she suffered a cardiac arrest.  Read More...

Tommy Watson can soon add a very prestigious name to his log of CPR trainees. Read More...

Sean Neely, 12, is alive today because of the lifesaving efforts of two Freehold Township Little League coaches and other volunteers who came to the child’s aid during a Little League baseball game at Michael J. Tighe Park, Freehold Township, on May 12. Read More...

Janet Zilinski, an 11-year-old from Warren, New Jersey collapsed and died due to sudden cardiac arrest in August, 2006. Read More...

In eight seasons and 1,027 career games, Ryan Howard has hit 286 home runs. Read More...

If more people in Fairfield County wind up knowing how to help someone whose heart has stopped, it will be because of Claire Birkholz and Misty Morrison.  Read More...

Working its way to a compromise, the Town Board Thursday accepted a donated Automated External Defibrillator from Kings Park Youth Association. Read More...

Former Morehead State University student and Aramark employee, Justin Story, 28, passed away at UK Medical Center early this morning.  Read More...

It's a Thursday evening and packs of students walk towards the football field at Mission Hills High School. Read More...

When 16-year-old Brandon Hernandez touched his head, complained of being dizzy and fell back in his chair during his after-school class at Tottenville High School, what happened next could have been tragic. Read More...

It may be easier in the future to test and potentially provide early treatment for the one in 500 people affected by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Read More...

Several of Denver's poorest neighborhoods have two to three times the cardiac arrest rate as other neighborhoods, plus abysmal rates of bystander-delivered CPR. Read More...

Brenda Gergich had open heart surgery at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in February to repair a congenital heart defect. Read More...

The idea for “irescu,” a small defibrillator designed to prevent sudden cardiac arrest when implanted beneath the skin, occurred to Benjamin Strauss during a routine ambulance call in Bergenfield, N.J., last year. Read More...

Not all asymptomatic young patients with the Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) -- or ventricular preexcitation -- electrocardiographic pattern will require ablation, according to a consensus statement from pediatric and adult electrophysiologists. Read More...

Camilla Grondahl asked genetics researcher Gholson Lyon a simple, heartbreaking question: Was she carrying a lethal gene that might kill her unborn baby?  Read More...

When London marathon medical director Sanjay Sharma was called to attend someone who had collapsed with suspected cardiac arrest a mile from the finish line last month, he expected to find a man in his seventies. Read More...

Chances are, if you’re out and about, you’ll pass by an automated external defibrillator, or AED. Read More...

A high school student goes into cardiac arrest at Hermitage High School — but thanks to some quick thinking staff members and a high tech device, she's now able to finish up her senior year. Read More...

An article, published in Circulation by Laurel K. Leslie, MD, MPH from the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and colleagues from Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, has evaluated the lifesaving benefits and costs of screening programs for the prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in children and adolescents. Read More...

A Queens mom putting the pressure on Albany to pass a bill that is close to her heart. Read More...

Sildenafil, also known as the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra®, may give a boost to underdeveloped hearts in children and young adults with congenital heart defects. Read More...

Relying on media reports is no basis for estimating the incidence of sudden cardiac death in athletes, nor does it provide the necessary basis to establish policy on the use of 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) in pre-participation physicals, researchers agree. Read More...

Nothing about scholastic sports is life and death.  Read More...

A Long Island girl received a special present on her 11th birthday, a second lease on life. Read More...

A Robbinsdale Cooper High School student died while playing basketball at a Twin Cities YMCA. Read More...

Crowdsourcing? Social media? Twitter blasts? Fuggedaboutit. Read More...

A 19-year-old Appalachian State sophomore has died after collapsing during a run last month. Read More...

The lead researcher of a small study that has found that energy drinks can increase blood pressure and cause tachycardia and arrhythmias in healthy volunteers believes that sales of these products should be regulated [1].  Read More...

Karen Acompora was in Albany on Wednesday lobbying alongside the American Heart Association and volunteers from across the state for the CPR in Schools bill. Read More...

Lincoln-Way Central High School senior Tom Schuman died of natural causes — an undiagnosed cardiac condition — Will County Coroner Patrick K. O’Neil said Wednesday. Read More...

Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death among competitive teenage athletes.  Read More...

Alexander Dale Oen stood on top of a world championship podium less than a year ago, wiping away tears as the Norwegian national anthem played in triumph again just three days after the country was rocked by a massacre by a right-wing extremist. Read More...

Should high school athletes be screened for heart trouble before taking to the practice field? Read More...

Teammates mourn the loss of 12 year old Cooper Salsberry who collapsed and died during baseball practice at a metro detroit park likely because of a heart defect he was born with. Read More...

Auburn Public Schools may implement a new health screening process for athletes at Auburn High School to help prevent sudden cardiac arrest. Read More...

University of Washington researcher Jessie Fudge, MD received the Dr. Harry L. Galanty Young Investigator’s Award for excellence in sports medicine research at the 21st American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Ga. on April 24, 2012. Read More...

Issac Arzate, a 12-year-old boy from Oregon who suffered a heart attack while playing basketball in January, collapsed and died on Friday while playing baseball at his school.  Read More...

The parents of a 5-year old Bossier City school girl said Tuesday they were shocked by the sudden death of their daughter. Kendra Jones died after school Monday after leaving Bossier Elementary with her brothers and sisters.  Read More...

Life-saving implantable pacemakers or defibrillators pose a risk for developing deadly infections, a new study suggests. Read More...

The American Heart Association, in an effort to reduce the number of deaths caused by sudden cardiac arrest, is calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation mandating high schools provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. Read More...

When it comes to heart disease and sudden cardiac arrest, chances are you don't think about young athletes. Sharon Bates and cardiologist Dr. Jeffrey Pakula say you should. Read More...

A local middle-school student who had a heart attack during basketball practice in January died after collapsing a second time this past Friday, officials said. Read More...

No one can question that Dylan Poulin plays the game of baseball with a lot of heart. Read More...

It’s been more than 12 years since a 14-year-old lacrosse player from Northport became the face an entire safety movement. Read More...

A 13-year-old’s life is saved by CPR when she collapses while playing field hockey.  Read More...

Not everyone is good in a crisis situation but Monday in Bixby, several were.  Read More...

A State University College of Environmental Science & Forestry student died this morning from cardiac arrest at Crouse Hospital, ESF President Neil B. Murphy said. Read More...

Jenny Snyder, who would have celebrated her 21st birthday this month, died four years ago on a Glenview soccer field from sudden cardiac arrest. Read More...

An 11-year-old Little League baseball player whose heart stopped after he had been struck by a pitch Monday evening was revived by emergency responders. Read More...

The American Heart Association has developed a program to help more people survive cardiac arrest. During a cardiac arrest, the heart stops beating, and unless it is restarted within minutes, the person usually dies. Read More...

It's a news headline we've seen several times... a seemingly healthy athlete suddenly dies due to an undiagnosed enlarged heart.  Read More...

A 12-year-old boy from Oakland Township died after he collapsed Saturday morning while running laps with his baseball team, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. Read More...

Keilea Swearingen remembers nothing about her second day at Evergreen High School. Read More...

Scott Driscoll wants to make sure no other child in Clark County suffers his son Quinn’s fate.  Read More...

On a beautiful Leap Day morning 9-year-old Caitlyn O’Reilly’s own heart took a leap of sorts, causing the girl to collapse on the playground of Hannum Elementary School. Read More...

For the thousands of fleet-footed runners fast enough to qualify for the legendary Boston Marathon, the race marks a culmination of hard work and many hours spent training in parks, trails, city streets, and tracks.  Read More...

Spencer Melvin took his last breath, just minutes before his Little League baseball game Tuesday night at Rainbow Family Park.  Read More...

When 7-year-old Katelyn Newell collapsed in the hallway of Deming Elementary shortly after she arrived at school on March 22, three students on safety patrol knew what to do. Read More...

The Fairfield Prep and Westport communities are mourning the death of Bradley Helt, 17, a popular student remembered by friends and coaches alike as a swimmer who could bring a bit of humor to even the most gruelling practice sessions.  Read More...

Newly-released 911 calls have shed some light the first aid administered on a teenager who died after he collapsed at a basketball practice.  Read More...

Seven-year-old Logan Powell sounds like any other first grader who loves school. He will quickly rattle off his favorite subjects: "Library, P.E., Art. Read More...

John Ellsessar says his son’s death will have “a great lasting legacy that will help save lives” after the House approved a bill this week requiring schools to be prepared for medical emergencies. Read More...

Gary Tinsley, a Minnesota linebacker who had overcome some personal problems early in his Gophers career and was set to earn his degree in just a few weeks, was found dead in his campus apartment Friday morning, university officials said. Read More...

After collapsing at the basketball court by Fields and Schoenfeldt halls almost two weeks ago, sophomore Aaron Myers has made a remarkable recovery and plans to be back on The Bluff following Easter break. Read More...

Brian and Kathy Wetters believe no parent should enter a child’s room to wake them up only to find their son or daughter died in their sleep of an undiagnosed heart ailment, like they did. Read More...

Kodi Maduka, a 6-foot-11 post player on the University of Tulsa basketball team, collapsed and was rushed to the hospital following an on-campus pickup game on Wednesday afternoon. Read More...

When a sudden cardiac arrest does not respond to shocks from an automated external defibrillator (AED), continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) improves survival, researchers found. Read More...

Joshua Oukrop was 21 when he died seven years ago of a heart attack. Robert Hauser is not a relative; he was Joshua's cardiologist. Read More...

A teenage boy died after he abruptly fell ill while playing tag with his friends Friday night and went into apparent cardiac arrest. Read More...

A 14-year-old Wagoner Middle School wrestler who collapsed and died during practice in December died of “probable sudden cardiac arrhythmia,” according to an autopsy report released today. Read More...

When Kyle Nixon, an Auburn senior in political science, died unexpectedly last September, the cause of his death was unclear. Six months later, his family still had no answers.  Read More...

Money concerns sidetracked an effort to require high schools to have equipment on hand to treat student athletes for cardiac emergencies. Read More...

A 17-year-old Surrattsville High School student collapsed and died Wednesday while jogging during a physical education class, school officials say.  Read More...

An estimated 7 million teenagers nationwide are involved in high school sports. And whether it’s football, basketball, or even cheerleading, injuries happen. But there are no universal requirements regarding medical personnel or athletic trainers at games and practices. Read More...

Health-care providers working in pediatrics should be able to recognize the warning signs of patients with sudden cardiac arrest and be prepared to appropriately manage them, according to a new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement published online in Pediatrics.  Read More...

The Fayette County Board of Education honored athletic trainer Jenni Williams on Monday night for her quick action in reviving a student who collapsed during an athletic drill last month.  Read More...

Awareness of warning signs and family history are crucial for the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest in young people, according to a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics.  Read More...

Awareness of warning signs and family history are crucial for the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest in young people, according to a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics.  Read More...

Doctors screening athletes for potentially lethal heart defects should follow ethnicity-specific guidelines in order to minimize false positives, results of a UK study show.  Read More...

Would more timely CPR have saved Emily Adamczak's life as she lay on a soccer field in Akron?  Read More...

A 14-year-old girl from Maryland died last December after downing two Monster energy drinks in a 24-hour-period, according to news reports, and the incident is stirring concern over the safety of the beverages for kids. Read More...

March marks six months since sixth-grader Jeremy Hebert collapsed and died during gym class on the North Shore.  Read More...

A 19-year-old man is in critical condition this afternoon after he collapsed at a University of Portland gym while getting ready to play basketball.  Read More...

A high school football player has his school to thank for possibly saving his life. Read More...

Michele Ciancola told lawmakers her son, Joseph Ciancola, a 20-year-old baseball player from Orange, who collapsed and later died after a workout on a University of Rhode Island athletic field, might still be alive if the college had an automated external defibrillator, or AED.  Read More...

The decades-old practice of treating cardiac arrest patients with epinephrine -- adrenaline -- might do more harm than good in the long run, suggests a new analysis of hundreds of thousands of cases.  Read More...

Weymouth High School student Jonathan Z. “J.J. Jankord was a typical teen who enjoyed playing hockey and lacrosse before he died suddenly on March 13, according to Gerald Murphy, a local attorney.  Read More...

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Former American Heritage softball and volleyball player Claire Dunlap, now a freshman at the University of Florida, is in stable condition and “doing really well” after suffering cardiac arrest on Thursday afternoon, her mother Patti said. Read More...

Rep. Pete Olson (R-Sugar Land) today announced that 20 heart advocacy organizations affiliated with the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition have endorsed his legislation, H.R. 3511, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act. Read More...

A Park Middle School student suddenly died Monday during gym class, according to Beckley Police.  Read More...

Jerling Jr. High's 7th grade student class successfully completed a course in CPR techniques and were treated to an assembly to celebrate their accomplishments.  Read More...

Just weeks after he went into cardiac arrest, a teenage boy returned to Red Wing High School Monday. Read More...

Widespread screening of asymptomatic children for inherited diseases that cause sudden cardiac death may not be ready for prime time, according to a meta-analysis.  Read More...

Officials at UW-Milwaukee said a sophomore student died while swimming in the Klotsche Center pool Monday morning.  Read More...

Rena Watts has no qualms about the people who saved her son’s life: people who were not trained medical professionals -- but rather a team of college students. Read More...

An unusual reunion Thursday brought together a teenage boy and the East San Jose firefighters who saved him from cardiac arrest two weeks earlier.  Read More...

Central High School students got a lesson in saving a life on Thursday.  Read More...

A fundraising campaign to get area high schools to raise money for community-wide heart screening will culminate in a concert at the winning school -- and 80 heart screenings for the school's athletes. Read More...

Four staff members at Eagle Point High School were recognized Tuesday for saving a student who suffered a heart attack earlier this month.  Read More...

Friends, teammates and classmates are planning a tribute to their friend at Arrowhead High School's football stadium or flagpole later this week.  Read More...

Break out the bats, balls and gloves! For millions of children, spring is the much-awaited start to baseball and softball season. Read More...

Jordan Lester lay motionless on a hospital bed Saturday afternoon as a nurse attached cords to his chest. A doctor stood by, examining a screen that showed Jordan’s heart.  Read More...

The finding suggests that relatively few pediatric patients with weakened and enlarged hearts may benefit from cardioverter-defibrillators, the battery-powered devices that, based on recommendations for adults, are routinely implanted in some of these children to prevent sudden cardiac death. Read More...

The school community was alerted Wednesday concerning the death of a sixth-grade student. Service information has not yet been made available. Read More...

New guidelines outlining the causes and prevention of sudden death among athletes were released this week by the National Athletic Trainer's Association (NATA) in the United States. Read More...

A proposed West Virginia law that would require automated external defibrillators in all public schools has the support of a local lawmaker and a Morgan County family. Read More...

Staff members at Oldham County High School were honored Tuesday for saving a student's life. Read More...

It's the same field where fans cheer on the Go-Devils every year, but what happened here six months ago silenced an entire community.  Read More...

On Feb. 13-14, the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) partnered with the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Sports Cardiology Section, the Pediatric & Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES), other leading U.S. cardiologists, the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM), and the FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Center (F-MARC) in an effort to define ECG interpretation standards in athletes and develop a comprehensive online training module for physicians around the world to gain expertise in ECG interpretation and the proper evaluation of ECG abnormalities suggestive of a pathologic cardiovascular disorder. Read More...

A UW-Madison police officer keeping an eye on behavior in the student section during the University of Wisconsin men's hockey game at the Kohl Center on Saturday night may have helped save a student's life.  Read More...

A defibrillator likely saved a student's life at Oldham County High School on Tuesday. Read More...

After unanimously clearing the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Services Committee at the start of the month and passing through the Senate 37-1,  the AED Good Samaritan Bill protecting those using an automated external defibrillator while attempting to save someone’s life from civil liability was approved Feb. 16 by the Assembly. Read More...

Spokane R-7 district officials have confirmed a high school student collapsed in gym class this morning, Feb. 15, and later died in a Springfield hospital. Read More...

Lakeview senior Corey Wilson will be in his element today.  Read More...

How much do you know about your heart, or your child's heart?  Read More...

Patrick Fox became a teacher because of his passion for helping kids. Read More...

Zach Young celebrated his 22nd birthday yesterday, a month after he suffered cardiac arrest.  Read More...

In the early morning of July 5, 2011, Sara Johnson lay on the floor of her bathroom clinically dead.  Read More...

Kayla Burt, who suffered cardiac arrest midway through her Washington basketball career, talked about her teammates reviving her, the Huskies and much more Wednesday in a live online chat with readers:  Read More...

An eighth-grade student from Jessie Clark Middle School was taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital late Monday afternoon after he collapsed during baseball conditioning at Lafayette High School. Read More...

A 12-year-old boy is in guarded condition at Strong Hospital after police say he was hit in the chest with a lacrosse ball during an indoor game in Gates Thursday night. Read More...

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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

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...