Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended all babies should be placed on their backs to sleep in 1992, deaths from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome have declined dramatically. But sleep-related deaths from other causes, including suffocation, entrapment and asphyxia, have increased. In an updated policy statement and technical report, ...
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
The sudden death of a Michigan high school basketball star who collapsed after making a game-winning shot NBC's Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports. (Nightly News)
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Texas high school senior Reggie Garrett collapsed when his heart stopped after he threw a touchdown pass. Kimberly Gillary's heart quit during a high school water polo match. Now experts are calling for better screening to identify those at risk for sudden cardiac death.
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Texas high school senior Reggie Garrett collapsed when his heart stopped after he threw a touchdown pass. Kimberly Gillary's heart quit during a high school water polo match. Now experts are calling for better screening to identify those at risk for sudden cardiac death.
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Heart defibrillators are not for everyone. A unique data analysis of 112,000 patients from 2006-2009 was conducted by Duke University and results showed that 22% of all implants, which can prevent sudden death in people with advanced heart failure, were unnecessary or recommended for reasons outside of standard ...
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