As the senior rugby players from Royal School Armagh made their final preparations this week ahead of their tour of Australia, one important final piece of business had to be attended to. As part of their Tour fundraising effort the boys decided to raise funds for the charity CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young. And before
A couple who lost their teenage son to a hidden heart condition are continuing to try to ensure other parents don’t suffer the same despair. Since their son Ian died in 1996, aged just 19, Redcar couple Kenny and Maralyn Bowen have selflessly devoted much of their time to helping national charity Cardiac Risk in the
Performers are joining forces to raise cash in memory of a teenager who died during a football match in 2005. Daniel Young suffered a fatal heart attack in Atherton when he collapsed on the pitch minutes after scoring a goal. In tribute to Daniel, Squeeze lead singer Glenn Tylbrook is to perform on the same bill
The family of a teenage Brentford fan who died unexpectedly from an undiagnosed heart condition have launched free screenings to save the lives of other young people. Football mad Tom Clabburn, 14, died in sleep in October 2007. Since his death, his parents, BBC journalists Paul Clabburn, 49, and Claire Prosser, 49, have helped to raise
A trio of charity walkers have walked the breadth of the country in memory of a youngster who collapsed and died outside a Preston night club. David Massey, 27, Rob Harrison, 27, and Ted Hayes, 61, all of Preston, finished the Coast-to-Coast walk, taking them nearly 200 miles from St Bee’s Head on the Cumbrian coast
A memorial garden created in memory of a young footballer has been officially opened by his former club. Timmy Spooner was 21 when he died suddenly following a cup final match at Blisworth Football Club in 2008, after suffering chest pains during the game. As a tribute to the player, the club officially opened a new patio
Two potential victims of 'adult cot death' have been saved in the first year a specialist Birmingham heart clinic has been running, doctors have revealed. The Sudden Cardiac Death Syndrome Clinic opened a year ago to support and perform heart tests on families who unexpectedly lost loved ones from undetected cardiac disorders. Cardiologists running the centre
CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young, have announced that they will continue offering screenings in Londonderry. CRY held their first clinic in the city in February when over 70 people turned up. Following the success of that clinic, the charity has revealed that they intend to offer screenings at the Magee campus as well as
Everything is ticking along nicely here! Around 200 young people between the ages of 14 and 35 attended a free heart screening session, in the car park at Morrison's supermarket, in Mariners Way, Ashton. The mobile CRY unit tested young people for heart conditions last weekend, after Preston Councillor Christine Abram raised the money during her
We can't do anything about our age, or our family medical history. But good diet, exercise, and the Government's screening programme can help in the battle against the 'silent killer'. Heart disease has long been known as the 'silent killer' . Professor Peter Weissberg, Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation, says this holds true today. "Most of the
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