Grieving parents seek compulsory checks at birth The parents of an eight-year-old boy who died while playing football a year ago are using the first anniversary of his death to call for compulsory heartbeat testing of new-born babies. Monia and Nick Payne, of Westerham Road, Sittingbourne, believe their son Adam may have had an irregular heartbeat
A Rugby nurse is getting super-fit in training for the London Marathon. Sue Barnard, a cardiac rehabilitation nurse at Rugby
Generous staff who worked at the Land Warfare Centre at Imber Road, Warminster, have helped raise more than £1,000 for charity. Staff from Defence Estates, Army Training Estates and Landmarc Support Services raised money for the Julian Wort Memorial Fund set up by charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). Julian Wort of Frome died, aged
The Warminster-based Land Warfare Centre has raised £1,309 for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). The centre organised coffee mornings, summer barbecues, and an annual walk across Salisbury Plain and donations in jars, and raised £309. A further £1,000 was given by Landmarc Support, the centre
May we, through the Frome & Somerset Standard, thank everyone who has helped us reach our target for the defibrillator, which we donated to the Victoria Hospital, in memory of our son Julian, through CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young.) We started our appeal in March 2004, hoping to raise £4,000. Our first event was an Easter
A nurse from St Cross Hospital is training for the London Marathon despite being new to exercise. Sue Barnard, a 39-year-old cardiac rehabilitation nurse from Hillmorton, will be running for CRY which raises awareness of cardiac risk in young people and Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS). The charity also offers support to families of people who
A Swansea cardiologist has warned that hidden heart defects which can kill young people out of the blue are probably much more prevalent than even doctors realise. Mark Anderson is helping to brief the UK government on a new chapter in its national service framework on coronary heart disease. He is working with the pressure group
The issue of young people dying from undetected heart conditions is highlighted in a campaign to be launched in Wales on Friday. The campaign features a postcard bearing the photographs of eight young Welsh people who died unexpectedly from undiagnosed cardiac complaints. Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is calling for simple cardiac screening to be
Cycling granny Jean Smith is celebrating after being made an MBE for her charity work in Essex. Mrs Smith, 73, of Wigboro Wick Farm, St Osyth, said:
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