Central Kitsap High is latest in Washington to screen athletes using EKG machines to prevent case of sudden cardiac arrest, ...

New York - Children should be screened for heart problems with an electrocardiogram before getting drugs like Ritalin to treat hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder, the American Heart ...

Samuel is a fourth-grader who plays soccer. On the day we met, he was lying on an examination table at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital with a mass of wires connected to his body. "It's measuring your ...

BOSTON, MA — A new study has shed light on which low-risk patients who have inconclusive exercise ECG tests might safely avoid additional downstream imaging tests to detect potential CAD [1]. Patients ...

The debate over testing for the most common medical cause of death among NCAA athletes boils over. It was 1990 when 23-year-old Loyola Marymount basketball player Hank Gathers collapsed during a game ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Kai Lermer was your standout high school student. A three-sport athlete, Kai was an honor student at Waukesha North High School. "He was an influencer," his dad, Mike Lermer ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. - A Waukesha family hopes to raise awareness for electrocardiogram (EKG) screenings, a mass screening event Tuesday the largest ever in Wisconsin. The Lermer family lost their son, Kai, ...

An NHS test to assess a patient's risk of heart attack is worthless, a study has found. The electrocardiogram, which records the electrical impulses produced by a heart's rhythm, is not accurate ...