Live from Alexandra Palace Garden Centre, London Falklands veteran John Ellis and his daughter Faith were both fit and healthy until they suffered sudden health crises. John's was 11 years ago, as he told Watchdog Healthcheck: "I felt like I got a little bit of a flu bug and that night I just couldn't breathe. Then
Ben Thorn was in the prime of his life. He was fit and healthy, worked as a skipper on a boat and lived in a bachelor pad with three friends. The 24 year-old, who played drums in a band, had everything to live for. So when his family was told he had died in his sleep
A Southampton medical centre has been boosted by the donation of a new heart scanner. The Southampton branch of the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young splashed out almost £8000 on the ECG unit for Bitterne Health Centre. Charity area fundraiser Mary Abraham said: It will be used to pick up any difficulties or problems with
In the last 13 years Michelle Griffiths has gone to the funeral of two of her sisters, her two brothers and her niece. Now she's left wondering which of her family could be next. I am an active, happily married, healthy mother of two. I work full-time as a sales clerk, love my aerobics classes and can
The family of 18-year-old David Pollard, who tragically died this month from a mystery heart condition, is launching a campaign to make people more aware of Sudden Death Syndrome. David of Elveden Drive, Ilkeston suddenly collapsed and died at his home on Sunday January 6th, 2002. There was no warning in the days leading up to
A family is drawing up a schedule for their next round of fundraising after handing over new equipment to a doctor
Thousands Raised for Heart Charity A couple have raised thousand of pounds to try to stop young people dying from an undetected heart condition following their 13-year-old daughter
Each week up to eight apparently fit and healthy young people in the UK die of an undiagnosed heart condition. Most of these deaths, often called Sudden Death Syndrome, are preventable according to heart charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). Today the group is calling for all school children to be given heart tests at
For most people, raising £1,000 at a Christmas Fair would be achievement enough. But for two local families it is just a fraction of the money raised since they started their fund-raising over four years ago. Irene Wickers, from Darwen, and Granville Staff, from Hoddlesdon, set up the Neil Wickers and David Staff memorial fund as
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