American Heart Association
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
For J.R. Bourne, a day at the beach rekindles good and bad memories.
It’s the place where the Jacksonville Beach, Florida, resident died and was brought back to life thanks to fast-thinking first responders and an automated external defibrillator.
Back in June 2015, then-40-year-old Bourne was playing […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
It’s hard to predict sudden cardiac arrest. For people whose heart unexpectedly stops beating, roughly half didn’t have any earlier symptoms.
New guidelines issued Monday by the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society may help doctors better identify people at risk […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
Eve Walker was 12 when her 16-year-old sister Louise collapsed at a party and died on the dance floor.
Sixteen years later, in 2002, Walker had a heart attack.
She’d been having shortness of breath and dull chest pains for several days. But it wasn’t until she […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
Young athletes diagnosed with certain heart problems may for the first time be eligible to play competitive sports under new recommendations from the nation’s two leading heart groups.
The scientific statement, issued Monday by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, says athletes ages […]
No matter the sport, 14-year-old Burke Cobb loved to compete.
The oldest of three boys, Burke played football, basketball, lacrosse and was a swim team member. With all that energy and activity, his mom, Marla Cobb, considered him perfectly healthy.
Until July 19, 2012.
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Burke started the day working out with the […]
Around midnight at the end of a busy day, 16-year-old Chase Morris felt a bit dizzy.
So even though friends were still hanging out and playing ping pong outside, Chase headed inside to sleep.
A few minutes later, a friend found Chase on the ground and unresponsive.
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While his mother called an […]
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