Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is a broad term that can describe any sudden, unexpected death from natural causes. It is not a formal condition or diagnosis and does not necessarily indicate a specific ...

The risk of sudden cardiac death among college athletes in the United States has steadily declined over the past two decades, data presented earlier this week at the American Heart Association (AHA) ...

When 20-year-old Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce died of “sudden unexpected death in epilepsy” (known as SUDEP) in 2019, his parents had not even heard of the condition. “We didn’t know about SUDEP.

A new computational method developed by physicists can be used to estimate the risk of sudden cardiac death from a one-minute heart rate measurement at rest. The study was carried out in ...

To describe the annual incidence and the leading causes of sudden non-cardiac and cardiac death (SCD) in children and young adult Portuguese population. We retrospectively reviewed autopsy of sudden ...

Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) is the sudden death of an infant, whether explained or not, as defined by the National Center for Health Statistics. This definition encompasses deaths attributed ...

Sudden cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly stops pumping blood or stops adequately pumping blood to circulate it throughout the body. Often, the heart stops completely, or the heart’s rhythm is ...

A major real-world study challenges persistent safety concerns, showing no increased risk of sudden cardiac death after COVID-19 vaccination while highlighting how misleading associations can arise in ...