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 ...

The collision and hospitalization of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin in January 2023 brought to the forefront a risk many average football fans were previously unaware of: commotio cordis. As player ...

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 ...

Some claim that Alexei Navalny was killed by a single blow to the heart. But is this feasible? Commotio cordis is the result of blunt trauma to the heart, and is one of the leading causes of sudden ...

Orchard Park, N.Y. — When Damar Hamlin went down on the field after a scary collision with Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins on Jan. 2, his heart stopped -- twice. Plenty of experts have ...

Nobody watching the Jan. 2, 2023 National Football League game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals will forget the searing sight of Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsing to the turf after ...

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin says his doctors have concluded that a hit to the chest caused his heart to stop after a tackle during a game in Cincinnati in early January. The rare condition - ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — What is commotio cordis? That was the question posed on News 8 at 5 p.m. Tuesday to Dr. Jerome Adams, the WISH-TV medical expert and a former U.S. surgeon general. Buffalo Bills ...

Jan 23, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (31) on field against the Kansas City Chiefs during warm ups before an AFC Divisional playoff football game at GEHA Field at ...

In what can only be described as a remarkable recovery, Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been fully cleared to return to football activities after suffering from what he revealed to be commotio cordis.