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    • SIMON'S BEAT
    Friday
    09.24.2010

    Warning signs, heart screenings can help parents prevent tragedy

    By MELISSA BROOKS Times Herald Staff Akhir Frazier would have begun his junior year at Norristown Area High School the week before last. But on the first day of school his stepmother, Denise Frazier found herself calling the office to tell them Akhir would not be there that day, or any day.  The teen from… See More

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    Friday
    09.24.2010

    Plymouth Meeting couple named "Friends of children

    By Thomas Celona Staff Writer Simon Sudman was just 13 weeks old when he died. For his parents, Darren and Phyllis Sudman of Plymouth Meeting, the death was a devastating loss and one they couldn’t understand. Simon had appeared to be a perfectly healthy infant. “We didn’t know why he passed away initially,” Darren said…. See More

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    Monday
    09.20.2010

    NBC Today Tackles Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Young Athletes

    NBC Today discusses the risks that our children take when they step on the playing field.  Sudden cardiac arrest is killing thousands of children.  What should we do to prevent these deaths? There is a debate about whether we should provide a simple ECG exam to young athletes like they do in Italy.  An ECG… See More

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    Monday
    09.20.2010

    The Untimely Grief of Sudden Cardiac Arrest

    Its young, vital victims make it especially cruel. By Silvio Laccetti, Philadelphia Inquirer Sudden cardiac arrest in young people is among the most insidious of silent, deadly diseases. According to experts, as many as 7,000 Americans die from it each year. Losing a young son or daughter, as many do from this disease, perverts the… See More

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    Monday
    09.20.2010

    Teen's Death Leads to Push for AEDs

    By Julie Muhlstein, Herald Columnist Nick Varrenti loved football. He wore No. 58. To sport his team spirit, Nick wore tall blue football socks every day to school. In 2004, over Labor Day weekend, the 16-year-old played his last game. He breathed his last breath. Nicholas Dwain Varrenti died on Sept. 6, 2004, of sudden… See More

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    Sunday
    09.19.2010

    Screening Hearts in the Golden State

      Lawrence Gurganious could only watch as sudden cardiac arrest took his son to the brink of death at a high school basketball game in February. That David Gurganious is alive today and back at El Cerrito High School for his junior year is testament to the quick action of his coach and others at… See More

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    Sunday
    09.19.2010

    Detroit Hospital Screens Athletes' Hearts

    Chelsea Community Hospital is offering a free heart screening to high school and college student athletes throughout the Detroit Metropolitan area from 8 a.m. to noon Oct. 2. The heart screening for student athletes is designed to look for signs of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a serious heart condition that can cause sudden cardiac death in young… See More

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    Sunday
    09.19.2010

    Legislators Question Student Death

    By Gerald Witt Staff Writer GREENSBORO — State legislators are critical of how A&T has released information after a student died at an unofficial track and field tryout in August. Some Guilford County legislators say the public should have received information about what happened at the tryout sooner and that school officials should have kept in… See More

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    Sunday
    09.19.2010

    The Screening Debate – Both Sides

    Most teenagers think they’re invincible, and that goes double for talented teenage athletes. They’re young, immortal, at the top of their game, the envy of their friends. So when news hits that an apparently healthy, high school or college athlete has dropped dead in the midst of playing his or her favorite sport, millions of… See More

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    Tuesday
    09.14.2010

    Researcher Want Study on Sudden Death of Young Athletes

    (PHILADELPHIA) An abrupt, fatal heart attack in a young athlete on the playing field is a tragedy destined to repeat itself over and over until more is understood about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disorder that is the most common cause of sudden death in young people but which affects people of all ages. So… See More

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