Congrats to our friends in PA, Nick Over Foundation, for checking hearts and saving lives. Nicholas Ryan Over had seemed like a perfectly healthy 20-year-old.  ”He was like a lot of youths,” said his mother Cris Over. “On the outside he was fine. He was working part-time and going to college. He was living the… See More

Great piece about our friends on the West Coast saving lives in memory of their son, Eric. Eric Paredes’ story is not unlike Wes Leonard’s, the Fennville High basketball star who collapsed and died in Michigan last March of sudden cardiac arrest minutes after hitting the game-winning overtime shot. Paredes, like Leonard, was an otherwise… See More

Simon’s Fund would like to thank Dr. Joe Marek and the Midwest Heart Foundation for showing the world that checking hearts is relatively easy, affordable and effective.  Thanks for checking hearts and saving lives! Heart foundation gives 50,000th free screening at Glenbard South The milestone passed with little fanfare. But school officials, parents and area doctors… See More

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 By Jessica Ryen Doyle As millions of teenagers get ready to go back to school this month, Jim and Sheila Fisher are urging parents to be extra vigilant when setting up their children’s school or athletic physicals.  As millions of teenagers get ready to go back to school this month, Jim… See More

FARMINGTON — Heart problems often can blind side individuals who never thought they had a heart illness, and often times those problems can come to light during athletic activity, according to Dr. Charles Wilkins, a cardiologist at San Juan Regional Medical Center. On Saturday, more than 50 adolescent athletes underwent free cardiac screenings at SJRMC… See More