I was in London last week for the launch of the charity, CRY, which highlights cardiac arrest in the young. It is a charity based around the very young, fit athletes who, without warning, suddenly drop dead with a heart attack. At leas 95 per cent of abnormalities of the heart can be detected with tests,
A Sheerwater man has filmed a DVD with actor and Little Britain comedian David Walliams, which will help to raise awareness about heart screening facilities. Bradley Farrow, 21, suffers from Brugada syndrome, which causes his heart to race and go into cardiac arrest. He was diagnosed six years ago after collapsing and has had an internal
It is one of those moments you never forget. A Tuesday night training session, the floodlights sparkling with a faint trickle of drizzle. Muddy. Another 20 minutes and we'd be inside for a nice warm shower, assuming someone had remembered to turn the heater on. Call for a pass from the man inside, but he takes the contact instead and
A mother who lost her son to an undiagnosed heart defect has crossed London's eight bridges in his memory. Vera Looker joined many others on the walk, remembering their lost loved ones. Mrs Looker's son Michael was a healthy, football-mad 21-year-old who died suddenly, with no warning of a heart problem. The charity, Cardiac Risk in
Every week, eight apparently healthy, young people die from undiagnosed heart condition but many of these tragedies can be prevented. Joani Walsh reports. On June 7, 2005 Joel Davies rushed back from work to make sure that he was at home when his Glastonbury Festival tickets was delivered. It arrived around 5pm and Joel spent the evening excitedly
A heart-screening clinic set up to tackle a rise in sudden deaths in young people may have saved the lives of at least three teenagers, it has emerged. More than 600 tests have been carried out at the University of Ulster service since last November when it was launched by leading heart charity Cardiac Risk in
A loving father who died suddenly of a heart condition nobody suspected he had has been honoured by his family with a sponsored walk for a cardiac charity. Relatives and friends were shocked when apparently fit and healthy Campion Old Boys rugby player James Patterson, died in his sleep, aged 28. He had been training with
The parents of a tragic teenager who died from a rare heart defect have won support from Parliament in their fight to make a change in the law to prevent any more ‘needless’ deaths. John and Dian Ber, of Brier Avenue, Hoarden, have been campaigning since their 17-year-old daughter Kasia died after suffering a heart arrhythmia,
They've done it! Greg Whyte and his relay team of four women from ITV This Morning's Challenge Of A Lifetime have cracked the Channel. Exhausted but elated, Greg said: "It was very tough, but the girls were fabulous. "Conditions were so bad they would have challenged an accomplished swimmer. But the ladies got straight in. They were pragmatic and brave,
It is an epic adventure which sound like something from a Hollywood blockbuster film. An ambitious round-the-world flight for two Leeds lecturers and a leading cardiologist will take them over the Iraq war zone, across 2,000 miles of African deserts ande soaring above remote Indian jungles. They will travel 40,000 miles over 50 days and pass
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