Grant James Dickey, PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering, Western University, Haojie Mao, Assistant Professor/Faculty of Engineering/School of Biomedical Engineering ...

Commotio cordis is a medical condition that happens when your heart suddenly stops beating (known as cardiac arrest). It usually happens due to a serious blow or injury to the chest that causes ...

Rob Vito has built a reputation as a smooth salesman since he began making military-grade protective gear for athletes more than a decade ago. He once had someone smash a Louisville Slugger across his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What to know about commotio cordis, the rare phenomenon that may have caused NFL player Damar Hamlin's heart to stop Buffalo Bills ...

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s tragic collapse on the field has people worried about the athlete who is now sedated on a ventilator. Another concern with all of this is for parents, who might be ...

A new case report appearing in Heart Rhythm Case Reports, details the commotio cordis event experienced by a Romanian basketball player that resulted in cardiac arrest. The case is unique because it ...

Just moments earlier, my family and I (JMS) had tuned into the game and were casually discussing what team to root for. Everyone that knows me well jokes that I am more interested in the injuries than ...

There are a lot of ways to hurt yourself playing baseball, and they vary based on a lot of factors — pitchers tend to injure their upper bodies and fielders tend to injure their lower bodies. Kids ...

exhausted football player resting on bench Commotio cordis, while rare, is the second leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. On January 2nd, 2023, millions of people watched as ...