Washington state’s student athletes gained a measure of safety today as Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Act (PDF of legislation). About one in 250 young athletes has a heart disorder that heightens the risk of sudden cardiac arrest. The new law aims to inform sports-playing students, their parents and coaches […]
Luke Costello is an elite baseball player. He has been scouted since he was 13 and was expected to enter the MLB draft after high school until a pickup basketball game derailed those plans. “I just felt it pop. I didn’t think it was an ACL injury at the time, I just thought it was […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – This has been anything but a normal offseason in the NFL. With travel restricted and team facilities closed around the league, NFL teams are being forced to adapt. With the draft just a few weeks away Jaguars team doctor Kevin Kaplan is normally busy right now, but he says this offseason is just […]
(Dr. Muntz is a team internist for the Houston Texans and serves on the board of the NFL Physicians Society.) With nearly one million revelers joyously drinking in their team’s first championship, the Astros’ World Series victory parade had wended through the sun-baked streets of downtown Houston to City Hall, where the next phase of […]
By BARRY WILNER — Oct. 19, 2017 1:27 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — A player gets hurt on the field, walks or is helped to the sideline, and then goes camping? Not exactly. Those blue tents fans see popping up near the bench area at NFL games are for medical purposes only. And get this: The pro […]
On February 10, 2015 physician leaders of major medical organizations along with key federal personnel and National Security Council (NSC) staff participated in a Physicians Roundtable on a national initiative, Bystanders: Our Nation’s Immediate Responders. This medical preparedness initiative is a direct response to Presidential Policy Directive 8 (National Preparedness). The meeting was held at […]