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    • SIMON'S BEAT
    Wednesday
    06.30.2010

    Summer Tragedy – Child Drops Dead

    Northbrook, Ill. – School’s out for the summer, and kids around Chicago are finally getting the chance to run and play outside. Yet some of them may be running with a silent killer. In fact, the sudden death of one such North Shore teenage athlete recently has prompted her mother, Michele Snyder, into action. Snyder… See More

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    Tuesday
    06.29.2010

    The Intangibles

    Classic movie . . . Kevin Costner plays Elliot Ness . . . wait, that’s The Untouchables.  The intangibles are the things that happen but are hard to sense and even harder to quantify.  “Raising Awareness” is one of the big intangibles in our organization.  We want parents, school personnel, coaches, pediatricians and students to learn about… See More

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    Saturday
    06.26.2010

    From Kobe to Ochocinco, Many at Risk Like Jose Lima

    So why aren’t these athletes being screened for heart disease or other cardiovascular abnormalities upfront? The major reason is that many physicians disagree on which type of screening programs should be used and on whom. According to a study by The British Journal of Sports Medicine, Italian researchers found electrocardiogram screenings — which were instituted… See More

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    Saturday
    06.26.2010

    Student Dies on Treadmill

    A coroner suspects the athlete who died Wednesday after working out on a treadmill at the YMCA most likely had an enlarged heart and went into sudden cardiac arrest.  Brant Goins, a student at Burke County High School, was 16. Enlarged heart is a condition where the heart goes out of rhythm and unless CPR… See More

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    Saturday
    06.26.2010

    National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Recommdations

    Dr. Victoria Vetter, a member of the Working Group and member of our Advisory Board participated in this session.  The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) convened a Working Group meeting on April 12-13, 2010 in Bethesda, MD to develop a research agenda and to identify resources to evaluate whether screening for sudden cardiac… See More

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    Saturday
    06.26.2010

    15 Year Old Saved from Sudden Cardiac Arrest

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – Until February 27, the only thing 15 year-old Josh Bowman worried about was his skateboard. But all that changed during a skateboarding competition in Virginia Beach. Bowman was right in the middle of a performance at a Virginia Beach skatepark, when he collapsed from a full blown cardiac arrest. “All… See More

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    Saturday
    06.26.2010

    Science Experiment Uncovers Sudden Cardiac Arrest

    A science project for St. Andrew Catholic School 7th-grader Andrew Greubel could prove to save lives the lives of Upper Makefield Little Leaguers. Greubel recently conducted a survey that looked at Upper Makefield Youth Baseball League (UMYBL) coaches’ knowledge and their understanding of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) as well as the use of automated external… See More

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    Saturday
    06.26.2010

    Mother Shares Story of Losing Child to Long QT

    A Valley mother hopes her loss will help other parents become more aware of potential health issues in their children. For Christine Puricelli the death of her daughter Emilie has left a void in her life. Christine Puricelli - video

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    Saturday
    06.26.2010

    High School Basketball Player Collapses, Dies

    A 17-year-old Hahnville High School basketball player was found unresponsive by his teammates during a practice Thursday night at the school, and was pronounced dead at a local hospital a short time later, a St. Charles Parish school official said Friday. De’Vante Alexander, a junior at the school from Luling who played on its junior varsity… See More

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    Friday
    06.11.2010

    Heart Conditions Are Not Just for the Elderly

    Emilie Purcelli Each year an estimated 325,000 people die in the United States from sudden cardiac arrest. The Heart Rhythm Society estimates about 7,000 of these deaths involve children and infants.  On Aug. 30, 1997, my seemingly healthy 22-year-old daughter, Emilie, died suddenly in her sleep from sudden cardiac arrest. We immediately began to ask… See More

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