title: Following the Science.
abstract: A bill requiring student athletes to have an EKG before their first and third years of participation in school athletics didn't pass this legislative session. TMA and other organizations say the scientific evidence doesn't support mass screening.
authors.forename: Joey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berlin
mesh_terms: D056352:Athletes; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008487:Medical History Taking; D013334:Students; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology