Mother's Day is an especially challenging day for mother's whose children have died. We know that pain first hand and are driven to prevent others from experiencing that tragic loss. Thus, Screens for Teens, our cardiac screening program has served and saved many. We are...
The NCAA is making it easy for member institutions to put together a plan for cardiovascular care of their student-athletes with this simple checklist of best practices....
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading nontraumatic cause of death among NCAA college athletes, so natch, the NCAA wants to change that. Here's what they're recommending for all schools: All NCAA member schools must have and practice a response plan to aid a victim...
60 Minutes Sports produced a detailed and thoughtful piece on the role of EKG screening to protect college athletes in particular and young adults in general. Unfortunately, this aired on Showtime, so it is not readily available. Just like quality EKG tests for young adults. Oh...
This topic is HEATING UP…read what some experts are saying in Men’s Journal http://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/exercise/should-college-athletes-be-required-to-get-an-ekg-test-20160217 Sudden Cardiac Death is the most common medical cause of death of NCAA athletes with the greatest risk being Division 1 basketball players (1 in 5,200) according to research published in Circulation (May 2015) ...
The advice sounds very simple. The best way to survive a heart attack is: Recognize the symptoms. Call 911. Chew an aspirin while waiting for emergency personnel to arrive. But every year, 133,000 Americans die of heart attacks and another 300,000 die of sudden cardiac...
Did you get loads of holiday cards featuring the smiling faces of families you know? I received one from a family I didn’t know. Even at a glance I could tell the three were sisters, and close in age. Each sported long blonde hair, perfect...
We were thrilled to be included in the January 2016 issue of SW Lake Lifestyle Magzine. They wrote about our recent EKG screeings at Lake Zurich and Stevenson high schools. Check out page 12 to read View January 2016 Issue...
We recently concluded our Screens for Teens program for the 2015 school year. The school-wide EKG screening program has now provided over 56,000 EKGs to area students and given 1,000 students limited echocardiograms since starting the Foundation after Max’s sudden death in 2005. The Foundation...
Is there a difference between being fit and being healthy? Ask yourself two questions: Is this man fit? Is this man healthy? Just because a body builder, or any athlete for that matter, looks strong, sculpted and without a trace of fat, there is no guarantee that he or...