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Want to Raise Successful Kids? Science Says Praise Them Like This. (Most Parents Do the Opposite) Stop praising them for their innate or God-given abilities, and instead, focus on their effort. What if I were to tell you that you could increase the odds that your kids will achieve great success in life–maybe greater success[…]
According to the March of Dimes, 40,000 children are born with heart defects each year in the United States. That’s nearly 800 kids every week. In about 20% of the cases, (8,000 annually), family history plays a significant role. The remaining 80% are due to other causes we may not typically consider. Heart defects come[…]
Flu Shot In, Nasal Spray Out: What Families Need to Know About the 2016-17 Flu Season The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends annual flu shots for everyone 6 months of age and older, including children and adolescents. For the 2016-17 flu season, the AAP and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) only[…]
By Dr. Jacob DeLaRosa Parents, coaches and players, you need to pay attention and learn something new because this could save a life one day. Commotio cordis (Latin for “agitation of the heart”), also sometimes referred to as a concussion of the heart, occurs when a player sustains a blow to the area directly over[…]
A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine concluded that individuals of African descent found to carry genes previously identified with HCM did not, in fact, have the disease. Thus, the article highlighted the importance of including diverse populations when sequencing genomes for genetic diseases so as to avoid false diagnoses. The New York[…]
Dehydration can lead to kidney stones, kidney failure, and cardiac arrest. The risk of dehydration is much higher in the summertime, as the weather is hotter and people are outdoors and being active more often. While running low on liquid intake is usually associated with weakness and malaise, you should also know without proper[…]
Sudden cardiac death due to genetic or congenital heart diseases is more common in male minority athletes. According to a study published in The American Journal of Medicine, many variables have recently garnered attention among physicians when diagnosing and causes of sudden cardiac death in athletes, including race, sex, cardiac diagnosis and sport. While the[…]
During the Olympics we all gather around our television sets to watch the best athletes in the world compete against each other and we wonder how it is that they can humanly perform at such a high level? This feature story about Stanford HCM Clinic’s Dr. Euan Ashley provides us with an interesting overview of the[…]
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