More than 70 young people had their hearts screened for free in Ealing on Sunday. The fully booked sessions were funded by the Tom Clabburn Memorial Fund and run by the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), who provided the medical expertise. Ealing schoolboy Tom Clabburn died aged 14 in 2007 from an undiagnosed heart
On the 30th June 2012, the Daniels family from Bickley, near Chislehurst, hosted a free cardiac screening session for teenagers from local sports clubs, in memory of their son, Ben, who died suddenly from an undiagnosed heart condition last year. He was aged just 15. Ben collapsed without warning whilst playing football with his Ex Blues FC
6th November 2011 Around 80 young people were given free heart screenings on Sunday as part of an event held in memory of Ealing schoolboy Tom Clabburn, who died aged 14 in 2007 from an undiagnosed heart condition. The screenings, for people aged 14-35, were fully booked. They were held at the Florence Road surgery in
The parents of a healthy 23-year-old man who died suddenly after contracting a flu-type virus said they were delighted to see youngsters queueing for heart defect screening at a special session in a church. Julie Collins, aged 52, organised the session through charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) after spending years raising money, along with
A nationwide campaign – the brainchild of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) – toured England for the second year running in autumn 2010, aiming to reduce the number of sudden deaths from undiagnosed heart conditions in apparently fit and healthy young people. The CRY Test My Heart Tour 2010 stopped in Oxford from
In honour of Nathan’s 21st birthday we recently held a screening weekend 27th & 28th March and a charity disco on 1st April, which was his actual birthday. The screening weekend got off to a bit of a rocky start on the Friday evening when Tony and the crew broke down on the M6 toll and
The screening at UniGlam went very well on November 29th. Around 120 people were seen. Peter and his team did a wonderful job and Sam did 17 Echos on the day. The registrar who was reviewing the patients, Dr Carey Edwards, was kept very busy and he talked to everyone who attended. Anne Thomas
A pioneering new development to test children born in 1995 across the South East of England Every day at least one family in the UK (12 young, apparently fit people, die every week) will suffer the trauma of loosing a young (35 and under) person to an undiagnosed heart condition. These genetic conditions drastically affect thousands
Today, charity Cardiac Risk in the Young and health and well-being company Philips unveil the first results from their Test My Heart Tour 09. The tour visited 13 locations in England and tested over 2,000 young people’s hearts to detect any abnormalities that could lead to Sudden Death Syndrome. Currently, 13 young people have been found
First free heart testing tour of England comes Welwyn Garden City CRY Philips Test My Heart Tour 09 aims to reduce number of heart deaths of apparently fit and healthy young people Hertfordshire, UK – A new national campaign aiming to reduce the number of undiagnosed heart conditions reached Welwyn Garden City on the 20th and
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