Group's gift to Frisco RoughRiders meant to save lives FRISCO — Zachary Schrah was only 16-years-old when he collapsed and died of sudden cardiac arrest during a Plano East High School football practice. His mother, Karen Schrah, started Living for Zachary, raising awareness of undiagnosed heart issues in teens. "Obviously, since I lost Zach to heart disease and we weren't aware, I think it's so important for every family to have their child ...
June 12, 2013 - WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth
Obstructive sleep apnea raises risk of sudden cardiac death, Mayo Clinic finds People who have obstructive sleep apnea -- when a person stops breathing for periods during sleep -- have a greater risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a study published online today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. An estimated 12 million American adults have obstructive sleep apnea, and many of them are undiagnosed, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood ...
June 12, 2013 - EurekAlert!
Childhood cancer survivors found to have significant undiagnosed disease as adults MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has found that childhood cancer survivors overwhelmingly experience a significant amount of undiagnosed, serious disease ...
June 11, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Dara Torres in Toronto Star He found a tear in my quad tendon that was undiagnosed,Torres said in an e-mail message. "Excluding draining my knee, he has never treated me, but I did see his chiropractor who did soft-tissue work on my leg. That was the extent of my...
Leigh Steinberg in Baltimore Sun Today, the NFL still is trying to come to grips with an that injury sports agent Leigh Steinberg describes as an "undiagnosed health epidemic" and a "ticking time bomb."