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Most of the time, it happens to someone we don’t know. Some random person on the news from a town we’ve never heard of whose life was cut too short. We hear or read about it, and then we move on, thinking it will never happen to us. The most extraordinary set of circumstances must[…]
The San Ramon Valley, an area in California east of the San Francisco Bay, is actively fighting against the high mortality rates of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) victims. Their methods are simple, their education is rampant, and their passion for triumphing against SCA is palpable. Through these pathways they have discovered how simple it can[…]
There are times when one wishes that people just knew more about a certain topic. Whether it be cancer, the motives of a charity, or sudden cardiac arrest, there are numerous instances when improved knowledge could have helped immensely. Thankfully, there are also instances in which the awareness raised potentially helped save someone’s life. This situation happened recently at[…]
It has been routinely discussed what needs to be done in order to prevent sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and how to react when faced with such a drastic situation. Increasing testing, training, and knowledge all help the cause. But one factor continues to be the biggest help: funding. Whether it be schools or government, money[…]
Utah State basketball player Danny Berger was running drills at practice just like normal when he collapsed on the court. If the school, or team, had been less prepared, Berger may not have survived. But due to the quick action and thinking of assistant athletic trainer Mike Williams – who ordered 911 be called, performed[…]
Promising $30 million to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, the National Football League is striving to further medical research to better identify and even prevent medical issues like Alzheimer’s disease, health effects of performance enhancing drugs, chronic joint disease, heart disease and heart abnormalities such as sudden cardiac arrest. Concussions and brain[…]
Collapsing just short of finishing the Chevron Houston Marathon, 27 year old Alaina Dixon experienced what thousands of young athletes do every year, a sudden cardiac event. After questioned about her ordeal, her advice to young athletes everywhere was: get tested. According to coronary artery researchers only around 4% of victims in Alaina’s type of[…]
Notorious for striking young athletes, new research shows that sudden cardiac arrests occur when people aren’t exercising at all. Rather than precipitating a fatal sudden cardiac arrest, exercise is not always part of the equation. At the 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress which took place in late October, a study presented reviewed 174 coroners’ reports involving[…]
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