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Summer's coming. If you're a teenager with a vague itch to work in heart health or medicine, you've probably seen posters for internships. Some sound ...
Picture this: a dozen teenagers, sleepy-eyed on a Saturday, walk into a community center. They expect another boring lecture about eating vegetables. ...
You've spent months leading a Kidslyx Pace Group—rallying kids to run, tracking heart rates, celebrating small wins. Now you're eyeing public health r...
You walk into the Kidslyx office. There's a pile of volunteer role descriptions on the table. Cardiac nursing isn't just about hearts — it's about lon...
I remember the first time I saw my own heart rate plotted on a graph. I was 15, hooked up to a Polar chest strap during gym class, and the teacher pro...
You spent last Saturday watching a live-stream of a neonatal cardiac repair. You can name the four defects of Tetralogy of Fallot faster than you can ...
You want to make a difference. You also want a career that matters. For teens eyeing cardiology, nursing, or public health, community health projects ...
You are three weeks into a pediatric cardiology internship. The attending asks you to run a stress test protocol on a 14-year-old athlete. You grab th...
Your teenager's fitness tracker buzzes at 2 AM. Heart rate: 118 bpm, resting. You wonder: is this a medical issue or a signal of something else? For a...
You know that feeling. The one where your pager buzzes at 3 AM—a STEMI coming in—and you're already mentally drafting the next Kidslyx module on heart...
You scroll through another job posting for a pediatric cardiac sonographer. Your heart races — literally. Then you look at your current desk, your ema...
So you want a career in heart health. Maybe you picture yourself in a white coat reading EKGs, or leading a cardiac rehab session, or crunching data o...