Nicholas Green in Switzerland, days before his death in 1994. (Photo courtesy of Reg Green) Nicholas Green should’ve turned 35 this year. Instead, a random act of violence claimed his life while he was on vacation with his family in Italy more than 27 years ago. The story captivated a worldwide audience. So did what happened…
(Irina Shatilova/iStock via Getty Images) Heart complications in children and young adults infected with COVID-19 are uncommon but treatable, according to a new science report summarizing what’s known about how to treat, manage and prevent cardiovascular complications from the coronavirus in youth. The scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published Monday in its journal…
(HRAUN/E+, Getty Images) Lea en español The moment when Susan Timmins learned her infant daughter had a critical heart defect is seared in her memory. “It was life-altering,” she said. “Cataclysmic.” It also was just the beginning. Her daughter would need three heart surgeries before she was 3 years old. It was pioneering treatment in…
(FatCamera/E+, Getty Images) Lea en español Black and Hispanic children are less likely to receive bystander CPR than white children, according to a new study. The research, published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, focused on settings outside a hospital, before emergency medical services arrive to help. Past studies show racial disparities in…
Rev. Darrell Armstrong is the executive director of the nonprofit Shiloh Community Development Corporation in New Jersey. (Photo courtesy of Lifetouch) At the 142-year-old Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, New Jersey, the 1,500-member congregation has learned that tending only to spiritual needs is not enough. So, the predominantly Black church works together through its nonprofit…
Heart transplant recipient Grace Jennings. (Photo courtesy of Jamie Jennings) Four years after Jamie Jennings started the adoption process to be a single mom, she got the call at 3 a.m. A 1-year-old girl in China with a congenital heart defect needed a home. Jamie had 48 hours to decide whether this girl would become…
(Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library, Getty Images) Medicinal and recreational use of marijuana has been increasing, along with the drug’s potency, over the past two decades. But how it may impact brain health, particularly during key periods of development and maturation, remains unclear, according to a new report. The scientific statement from the American Heart…
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy survivor Jake Burnam. (Photo courtesy of Rusty Burnam) Two years after a chance outing with a friend at an ice rink, Jake Burnam had gone from someone who struggled to connect with a sport to a hockey dynamo. He’d skate up to four nights a week. Jake tried out for his team’s “gold”…
(Maskot, Getty Images) Lea en español School closures. Family strains. Isolated and quarantined friends. Even when young people haven’t directly experienced COVID-19, the pandemic has strained their mental health. Often severely. Even before the recent wave of omicron-related cases, a coalition that included the American Academy of Pediatrics declared a national emergency in child and…
Kingdom Kare Inc. founder Barbara Palmer. (Photo courtesy of Kingdom Kare) At age 16, Barbara Palmer became a single mom. Suddenly, she felt trapped in a community where she had felt so free. As the middle-class daughter of two police officers, she did not expect to be profiled as poor and criminal. “At the doctor’s…