CRY was delighted to hear that in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2014, CRY Patron John Barrowman was awarded an MBE in recognition of his services to entertainment and contribution to charity. The 47-year-old Glasgow-born entertainer, who has also hosted TV shows and enjoyed a successful West End career, has been honoured for his services to entertainment
The CRY Centre for Cardiac Pathology moves to St George’s, University of London, alongside the charity’s world-renowned Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Conditions Since 2008, CRY has led the way in the UK in terms of ‘fast-tracking’ the pathology and analyses into the causes of unexpected sudden cardiac death in apparently fit and healthy young people. Thursday
“I am just back from EuroPRevent 2014. Prof Sharma is now officially the head of Sport’s Cardiology in Europe as he commenced his duties as chair of our section. The conference was definitely a triumph for our group. Prof, myself and our fellows delivered in total 9 superb talks and presented 8 posters, with Aneil and
North Launch – 1st May 2014 Families from across the North of England joined together to help launch a major regional campaign to highlight the shocking statistic that 12 young, apparently fit and healthy young people (aged 35 and under) are tragically dying every week in the UK from previously undiagnosed heart conditions. A poster-sized version
‘Girls and Boys’ – by Amesbury School, in memory of Sebastian English This video was made to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young after former pupil Sebastian English died, aged 15, from an undetected heart condition while playing rugby in 2004. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtWeq3dFgZM The school’s version of the song (originally by Pixie Lott) is available
On Friday 28th April 2006 at 2pm, after a five-year struggle by her family, the inquest into the death of the paediatric nurse, Lisa Jane Browne (born Lisa Jane Harley) from Stoke-on-Trent will be reopened in the public’s interest, following personal intervention by the attorney general. The new inquest will be held in the West Annexe
CRY Research Fellow, Dr Abbas Zaidi, had the editorial article ‘Exercise-induced arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: fact or fallacy?’ published in the European Heart Journal (December 2011). [Extract here] CRY Communications Officer, Mair Shepherd, caught up with him to find out more about this article. Why did you write this paper? We wrote this paper in response
CRY was very grateful for Unum’s support throughout 2014. They raised a wonderful £35,000 from their various fundraising efforts throughout the year. “Unum is really proud to have supported CRY as our national charity in 2014, and to raise a staggering £35,000 for such a worthy cause is fantastic. We have had an action-packed year with
Congratulations and a huge “thank you” to the 108 runners who ran the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon for CRY on Sunday 13th April. As always, we are very proud of you all and very grateful to you for your fantastic efforts to raise awareness and funds for CRY. Next year’s race date is Sunday 26th
Singer makes surprise visit to schools tragically affected by young sudden cardiac death, on behalf of CRY. Assemblies will never seem the same again for the pupils of two schools who today (Tuesday 11th March 2014) were serenaded by one of the biggest stars of Britain’s pop scene – singer /songwriter, Pixie Lott! The “Boys and
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