Screening young athletes for heart disease
May 22, 2015
The NCAA is developing guidelines to detect college athletes at risk for sudden cardiac death — an issue that recently riled university team physicians and is seeping into state legislatures.
Children's Health News
AHA: E-cigarettes threaten to addict next generation of smokers; regulation, further study needed
Aug 24, 2014
While much is still unknown about the rapidly growing electronic cigarette industry, e-cigarettes are dangerous because they target young people, can keep people hooked on nicotine, and threaten to “re-normalize” tobacco use.
STORIES FROM THE HEART: ‘Tough times don’t last, but tough people do’ – like this survivor of a stroke when she was 15
May 15, 2014
Vandna Mittal describes having a stroke at age 15 as “dodging the ultimate curve ball in life.”
STORIES FROM THE HEART: Bride provides lifesaving CPR to drowning toddler at wedding reception
Aug 22, 2013
Bride provided lifesaving CPR to a drowning toddler at her own wedding. She had retrained in CPR only 3 days before as a requirement for her job.