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Article title
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15/02/10 |
The Times |
The boy
who died for 11 minutes
In September 2008, James Doherty, a 13-year-old junior tennis champion,
was training with his coach when he collapsed at the back of the court.
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|
03/02/10 |
Channel
Five News |
Sudden Death
Syndrome (video)
Channel Five News (UK) lead with an item about sudden death syndrome on
3rd February 2010. The film featured contributions from CRY supporter
Julie Donnelly who lost her son Adam, and from CRY's consultant
cardiologist Professor Sanjay Sharma. |
|
01/01/10 |
The Bulletin of the Royal College of
Pathologists |
School
visit to the Royal Brompton Hospital
Dr Mary Sheppard invited secondary school students with an interest i
science and medicine to the Royal Brompton Hospital for an afternoon of
short lectures and demonstrations. |
|
10/11/09 |
Arrhythmia Watch |
Call for post-mortem genetic testing to become routine in cases of
sudden death
At a meeting on Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) at the Royal Society of
Medicine, sponsored by Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), doctors have
called for coroners to routinely request consent from relatives to allow
small amounts of tissue to be retained from young people (under 35 year
olds) who die suddenly from heart disease or without explanation. |
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16/10/09 |
BBC London |
Teenagers offered heart screening
A charity is
offering 14-year-olds in London and the South East free heart screening
in a bid to cut sudden deaths from undetected cardiac problems. |
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16/10/09 |
The Guardian |
Why there was nothing 'human' about Jan Moir's column on the death of
Stephen Gateley
Jan Moir's rant
about the Boyzone star Stephen Gately is a gratuitous piece of
gay-bashing. |
|
01/10/09 |
In
Force |
Rugby
legend cops charity cheque
Within kicking distance of the posts at Twickenham, England rugby legend
Rob Andrew receives a cheque for £5,000 on behalf of the charity Cardiac
Risk in the Young (CRY) from Det. Insp. Steve Jackson of City of London
Police. |
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01/10/09 |
The
Guardian |
Every
parent's nightmare
We now know that the cervical cancer jab did not directly cause the
death of 14-year-old Natalie Morton. But parents will still worry.
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28/09/09 |
BBC
website |
Sister's plinth
focus on hearts
A woman who lost her 21-year-old brother to a heart condition is taking
an awareness message to the fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square. |
|
07/09/09 |
Badminton England website |
Young Athletes' Heart Concerns
According to the Cardiac Risk in the Young website, an estimated 12
people under 35 die from undiagnosed heart conditions each week. The
term SDS encompasses a multitude of problems that can affect the hearts
of young people. The most common abnormal heart rhythm is atrial
fibrillation which causes an irregular heartbeat. |
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01/09/09 |
Runner's
World |
For absent
friends
"When my best friend Ralph Murwill did the Robin Hood Half last year, he
was fit and healthy. Ralph crossed the finish line in 1:51 - and
died immediately afterwards. |
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18/08/09 |
Daily Mail |
Every week, 12 fit and healthy youngsters like Adam suddenly collapse
and die. So how can we save them?
Two days into their family holiday in Cyprus, Jed and Julie Donnelly
were really starting to relax. As they lay in the sun, their
17-year-old son Adam was playing volleyball with friends in the shallow
end of the pool.
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06/08/09 |
ReallyRich.com |
Sudden Cardiac Death at 16 (video)
As part of our series on Inspirational Women, ReallyRich.com looks at
how Mother of two, Sue Williams had to come to terms with suddenly
losing her healthy teenage son David. |
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31/07/09 |
ePolitix website |
Alison Cox: Cardiac Risk in the Young
ePolitix.com speaks to Alison Cox MBE,
founder and chief executive of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), about
the organisation and its screening programme. |
|
02/07/09 |
ITV.com |
Wimbledon dream
James Doherty, 14, was a county tennis champion and one of Britain's
most promising young players. But his dreams were shattered last
September after he suffered a heart attack and collapsed on the court
and stopped breathing for 11 minutes. |
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01/07/09 |
Evening Standard |
Wimbledon dream comes true for tennis hopeful who 'died' on court
A teenage tennis player who “died” for 11 minutes after collapsing
during a match is to fulfil his dream of walking out onto Wimbledon's
Centre Court. James Doherty, 14, stopped breathing and his lips
turned blue after a heart attack at the Hazelwood Tennis Academy in
Enfield. Doctors believed he had little chance of surviving. |
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30/06/09 |
BBC
website |
Heart tour
'saves 13 lives'
Thirteen young people have been detected with serious heart defects
during a charity screening tour. |
|
30/06/09 |
BBC
website |
Testing for
heart abnormalities
Paul Austin, 22, went along to get tested by cardiologist Dr Michael
Papadakis. |
|
23/06/09 |
The Daily Express |
Screen hearts to save young lives
Daniel Young had just scored for his football team when he collapsed on
the pitch. Doctors later told his family that, due to an
undiagnosed heart condition, the super-fit 16-year-old was probably dead
before he hit the ground. |
|
31/05/09 |
Sunday Telegraph |
How to
reduce the risk of heart disease
(An independent supplement from Infocus Media)
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. |
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28/05/09 |
The Sun |
Screen saver for
hearts
A
new campaign, launched this month by Little Britain comic David Walliams,
hopes to reduce the number of preventable deaths by screening hearts of
young people across the UK. |
|
27/04/09 |
The Daily Telegraph |
Generous runners show they are are the best of British
The Great British public rose magnificently to the
occasion of yesterday's Flora London Marathon. |
|
24/04/09 |
Evening Standard |
Richards mauls the Lions for overlooking Harlequin pair
Simon Halliday, the ex-England, Bath and Quins centre, is aiming to
raise £10,000 for the CRY charity by completing the London Marathon.
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|
14/04/09 |
Evening Standard |
Inspiring tales of the long-distance runners
It's the final push, as dedicated runners gear up to take on the Flora
London Marathon a week on Sunday. Jennifer Livesey, is running for
CRY, in memory of her boyfriend Simon. |
|
06/04/09 |
BBC website |
Clinic for younger heart victims
A screening clinic has been launched to reduce the number of young
people who suffer cardiac arrests. The clinic, set up by charity
Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), was opened at Liverpool John Moores
University (LJMU) by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham. |
|
01/04/09 |
Rugby World
|
Fitting tribute (letter
of the month)
"I'd like to thank the rugby community as well as a wider group of
people for their immense support and fund-raising activities following
the unexpected death of my brother, Simon McNamara, from SADS last July,
aged 25." |
|
01/03/09 |
In
Force |
Force
Stars to shine at awards
Forge the BAFTAS and the Oscars...the most important awards night of the
year occurs on Saturday, June 20, when the stars of this force will be
treading the red carpet at this year's City of London Police Awards and
Charity Dinner Dance. |
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22/01/09 |
Cycling Weekly |
Your
heart through the ages
John Ibbotson was a professional cyclist who died at the age of 27 due
to a heart abnormality that showed no previous symptoms. Cardiac
screening could have detected it and when his family set up a fund to
support young cyclists wanting to follow in Ibbotson's footsteps, they
insisted cardiac screening be part of the process. |
|
11/11/08 |
BBC
website |
Sudden noises
danger for sisters
When Chloe and Evie Church wake for school, they cannot use an alarm
clock like other children. The sisters, aged 11 and nine, have a
syndrome that means a loud noise or a sudden shock could be dangerous or
even fatal. |
|
13/10/08 |
BBC
website |
Life without
my noisy boy
A year ago, Claire Prosser's teenage son died suddenly of an undiagnosed
heart condition. Here, she explains what helps her cope - and what not
to say to a grieving parent. |
|
13/10/08 |
BBC
Radio 4 |
Life After Tom
Charting Claire Prosser's first year without her teenage son, Tom, who
died suddenly from an undiagnosed heart condition, and exploring the
process of rebuilding after the unimaginable has happened. |
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13/10/08 |
Now |
'She
was my world. We hugged, she kissed me...48 minutes later she was
dead'
When James Brown, 32, kissed his wife Katrina, 30, that morning, he had
no idea it would be their last goodbye. |
|
02/10/08 |
Cycling
Weekly |
Get the knowledge
If you are interested in finding out more about sports nutrition and
fitness testing to boost your winter training, Fit-For coaching may have
just the thing for you. |
|
02/10/08 |
BBC website |
Sudden Death Syndrome
Every single week, 15 young people from all walks of life die from the
condition known as Sudden Death Syndrome. Now research done in the
Midlands has found a new way of diagnosing people at risk so they can
get treatment before tragedy strikes |
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01/10/08 |
BBC Television |
Inside Out - BBC East
Midlands (Video - 59MB)
This television programme looks at the issue of young sudden cardiac
death in the UK. CRY supporter Andrew Gadsby talks about the loss
of his son Matt, and the programme also features contributions from
CRY's Honorary President Sir Ian Botham and CRY Research Fellow Dr Carey
Edwards. |
|
01/10/08 |
BBC website |
Inside Out (BBC East Midlands) - Sudden Cardiac Death
Eight young people a week are estimated to die from heart failure in
England. Dr Sanjay Sharma, a consultant cardiologist from the charity
Cardiac Risk in the Young, answers questions about sudden cardiac death
in the young. |
|
29/09/08 |
British Medical Journal |
Preparticipation screening for cardiovascular abnormalities in young
competitive athletes
The cardiovascular benefits of regular physical exercise are
well established. However, a small proportion of young (aged 35
years or under) athletes with unsuspected heart disease are at
increased risk of exercise related sudden cardiac death. The
majority of such deaths are attributable to cardiac
anomalies, most of which can be identified during life.
more |
|
27/09/08 |
Cycling Weekly |
Cardiac
Risk in the Young
In October 2005 John Ibbotson died suddenly at the age of 27. The
cause of his death was a heart abnormality that simply caused it to stop
beating. |
|
14/08/08 |
The Glasgow Herald |
Racing to stop a silent killer
A
screening programme has been set up in a bid to prevent fatal heart
attacks in young athletes. |
|
09/08/08 |
The Daily Express |
Family live with the fear of death at any moment
Four members of the same family are ticking time bombs. Rob
Griffiths, 44, and three of his children - Rhys, 20, Rhiann, five, and
Nelly, two - all suffer from Long QT Syndrome, which can cause the heart
to stop suddenly. |
|
08/08/08 |
The Sun |
My tots defy death
Dad Rob Griffiths hugs his little girls - who like him have a genetic
condition that can spell sudden death. |
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16/07/08 |
Evening Standard |
March for heart victims
Hundreds of people will march along the banks of the Thames this weekend
in memory of children and teenagers who have died from undiagnosed heart
conditions. |
|
03/07/08 |
BBC News
website |
Sporting 'heart
screening' call
Screening sportsmen for signs of hidden heart conditions could save
lives, a study has concluded. Each year in the UK, hundreds of
apparently fit people suffer 'sudden cardiac death'. |
|
31/05/08 |
The Sun |
Son's sad legacy (dad has
same rare disease that killed his lad)
A
dad whose talented footballer son died from a rare disease has been told
he has the same condition. Roger Maddams, 47, could have a heart
attack at any moment due to Sudden Unexpected Death Syndrome - which
killed son Jack, 17, in his sleep. |
|
24/05/08 |
BBC website
(Video Nation) |
Cardiac Risk (Video)
Mark Fox threw himself into health charity work after his twin sister
died suddenly of a heart condition when she was 13 years old. He's made
a film about the affect it's all had on him. |
|
08/05/08 |
Irish Football Association website |
Evans backs cardiac screening of young players
The Northern Ireland U19 girls and U17 boys have had ECGs
(electrocardiograms) carried out by the CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young)
Screening Service at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown. Northern
Ireland international, Jonny Evans has praised the Association’s Child
Welfare Department for initiating the testing of the young players.
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|
April 2008 |
The Bulletin of
the Royal College of Pathologists |
Sudden cardiac death in
the young and helping bereaved families
Dr Mary Sheppard has been working as a specialist cardiac pathologist
for the past 12 years at the Royal Brompton Hospital. Many people
think cardiac pathology is boring. However, there is a personal
and moving aspect to the job, which Dr Sheppard shares with us here.
|
|
19/03/08 |
REM.fm
(radio) |
Interview with Dr Sanjay Sharma (Audio
Clip)
Dr Sanjay Sharma talks to REM (Radio Europe Mediterranean) about young
sudden cardiac death and his work with CRY. |
|
13/03/08 |
TheFA.com |
FA back CRY scheme
The FA, the PFA, the Football
Foundation and charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), recently
launched a joint initiative which aims to raise awareness of sudden
cardiac death in the young. |
|
10/03/08 |
BBC News
website |
'My fight to
find out why Adam died'
Adam Payne was just eight years old when he collapsed during a football
match and died. For months nobody was able to tell his family why
it had happened, but doctors said they suspected epilepsy to be the
cause of death. |
|
10/03/08 |
BBC News
website |
Fast-track lab
for sudden deaths
A
new national fast-track laboratory is aiming to offer definitive
explanations of sudden cardiac deaths in people under the age of 35
within a few weeks. |
|
04/03/08 |
The Daily Mail |
No one knew about Hannah's heart problem until it killed her. Now
a new test could save many other young lives
Seven-year-old Hannah Turberville had just enjoyed a fantastic skiing
holiday in the French Alps. On the last night, after a family meal out,
Katy, 39 heard a strange sound from the children's room and went to
investigate. |
|
February 2008 |
BBC Southern Counties Radio |
Interviews with Alison Cox and
Vanessa Tardif (Audio
clips)
CRY Chief Executive Alison Cox and CRY Supporter Vanessa Tardif were
interviewed about young sudden cardiac death on BBC Southern Counties
radio (click on names for audio clips). |
|
24/01/08 |
Cycling Weekly |
Triumph over tragedy
In May last year we lost our son to an undiagnosed heart condition.
Charlie was an extremely healthy eight-year-old who collapsed whilst
playing rounders at school. |
|
03/01/08 |
Cycling
Weekly |
Cardiac Screening
In October 2005, John Ibbotson died suddenly at the age of 27. He
was a talented all-rounder who turned pro at 20 and raced in Belgium and
Italy before finding his true metier as a coach. The cause of his
death was a heart abnormality that simply caused it to stop beating.
|
|
31/12/07 |
The Independent |
Athletes warned to watch for heart symptoms after footballer's death
Young athletes have been warned not to ignore the symptoms of heart
problems or head injuries after the death of Phil O'Donnell, one of
Scotland's best-known professional footballers. |
|
30/12/07 |
BBC
News website |
One woman's mission of the heart
Alison Cox started Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) in 1995 and has
expressed her sympathy for Mr O'Donnell's family, including his wife and
four children. |
|
21/12/07 |
The
Daily Mirror |
My heart's
racing, Mum....the next morning he was dead
Sue Williams, 51, wasn't too worried when, one night before Christmas,
her super-fit 16-year-old said his heart was beating too fasts.
How could she know he would never wake up? |
|
01/12/07 |
The Sun |
My Tom's death at
just 14 was like tsunami of the soul
Today should have been my son's 15th birthday. Instead I am
writing about life after Tom. Tom died in his sleep in October
this year of an undiagnosed, heart-related condition. |
|
27/11/07 |
BBC News
website |
Facing life after losing your son
Today should have been my son's 15th birthday.
Instead I am writing about life after Tom. Tom died in his sleep in
October this year of an undiagnosed heart-related condition. He had
been fit, active, healthy, doing well at school, bright and happy. We were
not, in any way, prepared. |
|
21/11/07 |
The Daily Mirror |
I found my darling daughter dead on my birthday
Hilary Simpson was sure daughter Sarah was off work sick until she
opened the bathroom door. Hilary explains how her terrible
discovering has left the family in shock. |
|
08/10/07 |
The
Wright Stuff (Channel 5) |
Young Widows
Channel 5 discussion show 'The Wright Stuff' featured the issue of young
widows and asked: what’s it like to have the love of your life taken
away when you’re still in your twenties or thirties? Is the experience
different if you’ve had time to prepare for your partner’s death
compared to it happening quite suddenly? Is it worse to lose your other
half at a young age rather than when you’re both older? Do men and women
cope differently? CRY supporter James Brown appeared on the show
to talk about the loss of his wife Katrina. |
|
October 2007 |
Cosmopolitan |
It was just
an ordinary day.....
Laura Manni was looking forward to sharing her future with Greg, unaware
of the heartache ahead. |
|
September 2007 |
British Journal of Cardiac Nursing |
Silent at Heart: using art to raise awareness
The 4th September marks the opening of an exhibition which aims to raise
awareness of cardiac risk in the young. It includes artwork from
professional artists as well as a number of talented A-level students.
|
|
September 2007 |
New
Woman |
'She was my
wife, my life......then she was gone'
Think back to the quick hug you and your loved one had this morning.
Now imagine it was your last. That's the image James Brown, 31,
plays over in his mind every day. |
|
Autumn 2007 |
The London & UK Date Book |
CRY
Reception
Friends and supporters of CRY, along with numerous Members of
Parliament, gathered at the House of Commons in the Terrace Marquee on
11th July for a reception. |
|
30/08/07 |
The Independent |
He was
sent to a specialist and told: 'Hang up your boots or you could die'
(Andy Scott)
Antonio Puerta was buried
yesterday, in Seville, the city where he lived, loved and died while
playing football. As he was interred, the family of Clive Clarke
was at Nottingham's Queens Medical Centre, giving thanks for escaping a
similar tragedy. |
|
August 2007 |
Great North Run
Members Update |
Running for a Reason
'My name is Michele Wilson, I am 22 years old and I am running the BUPA
Great North Run this year and raising money for the charity CRY.
|
|
25/07/07 |
Daily Telegraph |
Screen tests for rising stars will help to save young lives
Howard English was the first person of my age that I knew to die from a
heart attack. It's a long time ago now, but the images of
bewilderment among everyone on the pitch and the frantic calling for an
ambulance are still etched on our minds. (John Inverdale writes)
|
|
24/07/07 |
Daily
Express |
Gone in a
heartbeat
Bradley Farrow discovered he had Brugada syndrome when he apparently
fainted while working at his weekend job in a security company at the
age of 16. |
|
12/07/07 |
ITV London Today |
David Walliams at the CRY Parliamentary Reception
(Video Clip)
CRY Patron David Walliams supports the 2007 CRY Parliamentary Reception
at Westminster. |
|
24/06/07 |
The London Metro |
Philips Advertorials
CRY is working alongside Philips to raise awareness of Sudden Adult
Death Syndrome. |
|
June 07 |
Candis |
Tragic
inheritance
Nobody knew that chartered accountant Colin Blundell, 25, had a heart
condition before he blacked out while climbing in Snowdonia last
November, falling 30m (100 ft) and dying of head injuries. |
|
June 07 |
Runner's
World |
Heart of the
matter
After losing his wife to a previously undetected heart problem, James
Brown runs to raise awareness of this rare but high-profile killer of
young people. |
|
19/05/07 |
The
Guardian |
Under the
microscope
"Because we don't have direct patient access we are considered the
backroom boys," says Dr Mary Sheppard, while sipping coffee in the royal
Brompton Hospital cafe. |
|
02/05/07 |
Daily
Mirror |
I died seven times
..... and that was just the start of my problems
When Scott Fleming, 29, went to play football one Sunday, he was
expecting a gentle run around the pitch. Instead he died.
Scott, from Blackburn, West Lothian, tells his story. |
|
24/04/07 |
Daily
Mirror |
Riddle of dead lad
Schoolboy Matthew Hughes kissed his mum goodnight - and was found dead
in bed next morning from a mystery heart problem. |
|
10/04/07 |
Bella
|
How could my
super-fit husband just die?
After a whirlwind romance, Sarah Gadsby looked forward to her new life
as a footballer's wife. But she could never have imagined the
heartache that would follow. |
|
05/03/07 |
The Times |
Striking at the heart of the young
A
year and a half before her death Nina Jelen had been taken to A&E at the
Walton Centre in Liverpool, after suffering an unexplained seizure in
her sleep. |
|
01/02/07 |
The Independent |
A
commotion in the ocean
Heard the one about the comedian with no experience of open-water
swimming taking on the English Channel, known throughout the world as
the blue riband event for the sport? |
|
Christmas 2006 |
ITV Tyne Tees |
John and Diane Ber on ITV Tyne Tees News
(Video Clip)
The
parents of Kasia Ber reflect on the loss of their daughter, and talk of
their determination to help CRY prevent more tragic deaths occurring. |
|
02/12/06 |
Daily Express |
Girl,
17, killed by the sudden noise of her mobile phone
A teenager was literally scared to death by the
sudden ringing of her mobile telephone, an inquest was told yesterday. It rang with an alarm call at 7am and Kasia Ber,
17, was so startled it triggered heart failure. Unknown to anyone, she was suffering from a
coronary condition in which attacks can be triggered by a sudden shock or an
unexpected loud noise. |
|
02/12/06 |
BBC
Online |
Phone 'shocked' teenager to death
The
parents of Kasia Ber are calling for more research into sudden death among
young people as it is thought that a mobile phone ring may have sparked
their daughter's death. |
|
December 2006 |
ITV Tyne Tees |
John and Diane Ber talk to ITV Tyne Tees News
(Video Clip)
The
parents of Kasia Ber talk about their loss, and CRY's campaign. Dari
Taylor MP criticises GPs who dismiss possible cardiac symptoms in young
people as just stress. |
|
09/11/06 |
Four Four Two |
Bill Shankly's words about football...........
In September, Hinckley United's Matt Gadsby collapsed unchallenged
whilst playing against Harrogate Town in the Nationwide Conference
North. Despite paramedics trying to resuscitate him for over an
hour, the 27-year-old didn't respond to treatment and died. The
defender's death shocked the sport and reminded everyone that football
is just a game. The incident also evoked memories of previous
tragedies on the pitch. |
|
08/08/06 |
Daily
Express |
The day my
heart stopped
I tried to ask what was happening, but the words
would not come out. I had woken up in a hospital bed, with my face
covered by an oxygen mask, with my brother and sister, both in tears,
sitting next to my bed. I began to panic. Had I had an asthma
attack? |
|
01/08/06 |
Daily Mirror |
Born out of grief
At the age of just 30, my good-looking, funny
husband - the man I'd met at university 10 years before and thought of as my
soul mate - had just suddenly died. I had no time to say goodbye or
tell him how much I loved him. |
|
16/07/06 |
BBC Online |
Call for heart
checks on babies
All babies should have an ECG heart scan in
their first month of life to check for life-threatening problems, say
Italian cardiologists. Steve Cox, deputy chief executive of Cardiac
Risk in the Young (CRY) said: "This new study is a very encouraging step
in our fight to prevent eight needless young deaths every week." |
|
29/04/06 |
The Sun |
Killed
by a clock
Yesterday Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg
ruled Lisa died of heart failure due to the disorder. Four
relatives were later successfully treated for the illness.
|
|
29/04/06 |
Daily Telegraph |
A paediatric nurse died from heart failure brought on by the shock of
hearing her alarm clock ringing, an inquest was |
|
29/04/06 |
Daily Mirror |
Nurse's death by a clock
A nurse died from heart failure when her alarm
clock went off at 6am. Lisa Browne, 27, had a heart disorder and the
shock caused it to stop. |
|
29/04/06 |
Daily Mail |
Nurse
was killed by shock of her ringing alarm clock
A nurse died from heart failure brought on by the
shock of hearing her alarm clock ring, an inquest heard yesterday. Lisa Browne, 27, had an undiagnosed disorder which
stopped her heart beating after the sudden shock of her 6am alarm call. Experts discovered last year that the paediatric
nurse, who died in 1998, had the rare disorder Long QT Syndrome.
|
|
April 2006 |
Runner's World |
Costume drama
Fancy-dress runners in training are like baby
pigeons: you know they exist but you never see them. Then a big race
such as the Flora London Marathon arrives and you find yourself lining up at
the start next to Batman, a hotdog, Minnie Mouse and a giant banana.
|
|
24/03/06 |
The
Daily Telegraph |
Callard's
feat
Jon Callard proved the quickest of Simon
Halliday's rugby clan who ran the Bath half-marathon last Sunday to raise
more than £130,000 for CRY, the charity helping research into
cardiac deaths among the young. |
|
22/03/06 |
The Daily Telegraph |
Penguin
moved too fast for me
A huge amount of money was raised
for CRY, a charity researching cardiac problems in young people,
and to see the mammoth Paul Ackford storm home in under two
hours was one of the athletic sights of the year. |
|
18/03/06 |
Financial Times |
Sad end to physical exertion
"We've run tests at Eton, Millfield and Worcester
College bi-annually and we've picked up four of five problems that have been
rectified, which is four of five lives saved, as far as I'm concerned."
|
|
16/03/06 |
Daily
Telegraph |
Halliday's heroes
The former Bath and England centre, who could yet
emerge as a powerful figure in a new management structure for the national
team, has put together an impressive list of former internationals to run
the Bath half-marathon and raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). |
|
16/03/06 |
The Sun |
Zaps from heart
monitor save my life
Mike, 23, came within seconds of being one of the
70,000 victims of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) every year in
Britain. SCD happens when the heart's timing system goes
wrong. It is more common in older people but strikes all
ages. |
|
08/03/06 |
Daily
Telegraph |
King of
the props Leonard is up for hare and tortoise race
CRY - Cardiac Risk in the Young - is an
organisation close to many of the players' hearts, after a mutual
friend, Howard English, died on the rugby field at the age of 32,
and then amazingly his son, Sebastian, died 11 years later at the
age of 15, from the same heart defect. |
|
06/03/06 |
Woman
magazine |
We
never thought of making a will
The grief came after his cremation. I filled
his side of the bed will pillows, but I couldn't sleep. I'd clutch his
jumper, which I refused to wash, and inhale his scent. It
seems such a waste. We had all our plans and dreams before
us. We were going to grow old together, but now it's all
gone. Life's so empty. |
|
02/03/06 |
The
Guardian |
Campaigners seek action to prevent sudden heart deaths among young
CRY research yesterday suggested that of 36 PCTs
questioned only one had so far set up a strategy to deal with the problem.
The Department of Health stressed trusts had been given five years to
complete the task and many were making progress but Mrs Cox said the deaths
were too regular not to prioritise. |
|
01/03/06 |
Now magazine |
Goodbye my love
Becky Feltham, 27, had found the man of her dreams
- but one night he went to bed and never woke up. Later, she
discovered that he was a victim of the rare Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome.
|
|
01/03/06 |
Press Release |
Early
findings show
Government framework to reduce
sudden cardiac deaths in young
people is ineffective
Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) publishes the results of a new
survey which indicates that one year on since the introduction of
Chapter 8: Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death of the National
Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease, a staggering 97% of
all Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) interviewed said they had failed to
develop a strategy for implementing any of the new Chapter’s
specific guidelines for children and young people. |
|
23/02/06 |
The Sun |
Julie Mills, 28
By the time she reached the cardiac unit her heart
had already stopped. The surgeon woke all his operating team in the
middle of the night to help him to fit the artificial heart, allowing
Julie's real heart to recover.
|
|
21/12/05 |
Evening Standard |
Halliday defies
pain to raise charity cash
“I will be running
the marathon in Sebastian’s name for Cardiac Risk in the Young
(CRY). It’s a charity which provides specialist screening
services and counselling for bereaved families." |
|
December 2005 |
Essentials |
I had only 20 minutes to
live
In fact, I’ve
achieved so much over the past few months. I’ve got a new job;
have moved into a flat with my friend Sam, and I’m involved in
amateur dramatics. I’ve even taken part in a couple of shows in
the West End. |
|
27/11/05 |
Sunday
magazine |
Killed...by an alarm clock
Doreen Harley, 57,
of Connah’s Quay, Flintshire, got in touch with CRY (Cardiac Risk
in the Young), a national support group for families of
sudden-death victims of heart problems. She was referred to a
specialist cardiac screening unit in London. |
|
19/11/05 |
The Weekly News |
Deadly 'timebomb'
killed my friend and then his son
However, in the 10th
anniversary year of the national heart charity – Cardiac Risk in
the Young (CRY) – who work to raise awareness of the problem, I’m
very proud to have been asked to join the likes of Steve Redgrave,
Rob Andrew and Ian Botham in becoming a patron. |
|
20/07/05 |
Evening
Standard |
Great Scott's
gesture
Andy Scott will
donate 20 per cent of the proceeds from the pre-season friendly to
the Cardiac Risk in the Young charity (CRY). |
|
15/07/05 |
Football
First |
Scott's
relieved just to be alive
Scott will soon
play in an Orient shirt for the final time as the club play two
benefit matches to raise money for his family and also for the
charity CRY, which aims to raise awareness of cardiac problems in
the young. |
|
04/07/05 |
Evening Standard |
I say all kids should have their hearts checked before they play
sport
I don’t profess to
know as much as the doctors but I do know these tragedies could be
prevented – that’s where the frustration creeps in and that’s why
I will keep beating the drum for CRY until people stand up and
take notice. |
|
12/06/05 |
Sunday
Express |
The grieving
family who live in fear that even a phone's ring could bring
instant death
Heartbroken
Margaret Banks has been warned to throw away her alarm clock after
her grandson was killed by the ringing of his mobile phone. Ryan
Hulme, 19, collapsed and died from shock when he got a call as he
used his PlayStation at home. |
|
08/06/05 |
ITV - This Morning |
Sudden Death Syndrome
CRY supporter Rob Thorne appeared on
'This Morning' to talk about sudden death syndrome, the loss of
his son, and the CRY postcard campaign. |
|
31/05/05 |
Daily
Express |
Death by
alarm clock
Lisa Jane Browne,
27, was found dead in bed after her alarm went off at 6am.
Doctors believe the shock of the loud bell sent Lisa’s heart into
an abnormal rhythm as a result of rare hear disorder Long Q-T
Syndrome. |
|
17/05/05 |
The Guardian |
'Why did he die?'
Fred Pearce's son Joe died suddenly at
the age of 19. Fred talks about his loss, and his efforts to
find out what caused Joe's death. |
|
02/05/05 |
Daily
Telegraph |
'Grief
like this can drive you insane'
When she arrived,
Howard was still connected to the resuscitation equipment, but its
use had been futile from the start. He had died instantaneously
on the field – a 32-year-old, super fit sportsman in his prime
whose heart had inexplicably stopped. |
|
17/04/05 |
News of
the World |
Doctors
have told me if I kick another football I'll die
Andy
Scott knows he should be dead – only
a
sixth sense prevented him from
suffering a fatal heart
attack on the pitch.
He has now been
forced to quit football after doctors warned any physical exercise
could kill him. |
|
31/03/05 |
RFU Press Release |
RFU support cardiac
screening for young players
RFU
Performance Director, Chris Spice said “The work undertaken by CRY
is fantastic. We all want our young players to be in the best
possible shape and the CRY awareness campaign is a very effective
one." |
|
02/02/05 |
BBC News Online |
Call to check athletes' hearts
European heart experts are calling for
all young athletes to be screened for potentially fatal heart
problems before they compete. |
|
02/02/05 |
English
Institute of Sport |
IOC adopt
heart screening recommendations
Dr Greg Whyte (CRY Chairman and
Director of Science and Research at the English Institute of
Sport) welcomes the IOC Medical Commission's adoption of
recommendations that athletes be screened for heart problems prior
to competing. |
|
28/01/05 |
BBC
News Online |
Mother's call for heart screening
A woman from north Wales whose
daughter died of a rare heart condition is helping to launch a
campaign to raise awareness of sudden cardiac deaths. |
|
07/01/05 |
BBC News Online |
Drive to cut young heart deaths
The issue of young people dying from
undetected heart conditions is highlighted in a campaign to be
launched in Wales on Friday. |
|
04/12/04 |
New Scientist |
The killer with
no name
Now, researchers
are calling for these unexplained deaths to be recognised and
named as Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, or SADS, and officially
recorded as such by governments and the World Health
Organisation. |
|
01/12/04 |
Woman & Home magazine |
Women who put thought into action
We have 12 members
of staff, a two-storey office and I now know that Steve’s case was
not one in a million. In fact, eight apparently fit and healthy
young people are dying every week from heart conditions they do
not know they have. |
|
09/11/04 |
Best magazine |
A deadly gene
killed my wife - could my two year old son be next?
Since his birth
two hears ago, I’ve been living in fear that I’ll lose him in the
same tragic way that I lost his mum Chantel. And I don’t know how
I’ll cope if that happens. |
|
31/08/04 |
Daily
Express |
Killer
that claims four young lives each week
Caroline
Gard has endured every parent’s worst fear.
In 1997, when her son Andy was just 17, he died suddenly
and without warning, alone in his bedroom. She now campaigns
for cardiac screening to be available to all youngsters.
|
|
Summer 2004 |
pH7 Parliamentary
Health Magazine |
A new chapter
Dari Taylor MP
welcomes the government’s decision to include recommendations from
her Cardiac Risk in the Young private member’s bill kin the
National Service Framework
|
|
28/07/04 |
Press Release |
CRY Chairman and Consultant nominated for
Screening Bill working group
CRY
Chairman Dr Greg Whyte and CRY's consultant Dr Sanjay Sharma are the first nominations
for the working group (Sudden Death in the Young / Screening) to be
chaired by Professor Bill McKenna, world expert on young sudden cardiac
death. |
|
18/07/04 |
BBC
News Online |
A
matter of young life and death
It
is hard to imagine how a teenager who is healthy and lively one
day can suddenly drop dead the next for no apparent reason.
Such is the tragedy of sudden cardiac death in the young.
|
|
13/07/04 |
Bella
magazine |
Save
your child from sudden death
Schoolgirl Ruth Salisbury was watching
a video with friends when she complained of feeling dizzy.
Seconds later she
was dead – the victim of a little-known phenomenon called Sudden
Death Syndrome. |
|
05/07/04 |
Press
Release
Wimbledon Tennis |
Game,
set and match to local girl, Laura
Laura John (14) from Southampton yesterday took on the prestigious
role as official ‘coin tosser’ for the Men’s Singles Final
at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships – representing the
national charity, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).
|
|
13/06/04 |
The
Observer |
Parents
call for action on sudden death
There are effective treatments to prevent these
deaths but there is no targeted provision in the healthcare system to manage
this. Families with these
problems are not being systematically referred to specialist or properly
evaluated. |
|
08/06/04 |
Best
magazine |
Our
whole family was living with a timebomb
Family members started to talk about how
many people had suffered from heart conditions, and then I realised there
was a massive family link with ARVC that couldn’t be ignored.
|
|
17/05/04 |
Daily
Mail |
An hour later she was dead
A smiling girl posed beside her birthday cake at her 18th
party. An hour later she collapsed and died dancing with her
friends. |
|
26/04/04 |
Woman |
My
daughter died as I watched her swim
She got into the pool and the next minute I saw them dragging her
out of the water. I ran to
the poolside and someone said she was fitting.
As soon as I saw her, I could see she was dying – she’d stopped
breathing, so I tried to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
All her friends were watching – it was horrific.
|
|
22/04/04 |
Take
a Break |
End
of a miracle
“They don’t put tubes in people who have
just fainted,” I said. “Please, what’s going on?”
By
now he was sobbing.
“I
don’t know,” he said.
|
|
17/04/04 |
Cycling
Weekly |
Unexpected
Tragedies
Sports clubs and schools
have to take responsibility for their students fitness to participate, as there is currently a wide
variation in the way that GPs treat symptoms of cardiac problems in young
people. |
|
12/03/04 |
Department
of Health Press Release
press release |
Department
of Health Press Release
"I
have seen the tragedy of sudden death first hand, when the 22 year
old son of a good friend collapsed suddenly and died...Today's
announcement will help prevent such deaths and I am delighted that
the Government has taken this terrible condition seriously."
Dari Taylor MP. |
|
12/03/04 |
Cardiac Risk in the Young ‘Screening’
Bill - Hansard
|
Cardiac Risk in the Young ‘Screening’
Bill - Hansard
“I look
forward to the opportunity the government is promising us - being
able to influence change and save young lives. It is absolutely
crucial that we keep the pressure up to maintain the focus on
cardiac risk in young people. This is the basis of CRY’s
campaign.” Alison Cox, Founder & Chief Executive. |
|
12/03/04 |
Parliamentary
Press Release
press release |
Cardiac
Risk in the Young heart screening bill
Heart campaigners have thrown their support behind a new Private Member's Bill calling for legislation to grant effective, automatic screening on the NHS for all families at high risk of sudden cardiac death syndrome.
|
|
11/03/04 |
BBC News |
NHS 'must
test for sudden death'
European heart experts are
calling for all young athletes to be screened for potentially fatal heart
problems before they compete. |
|
04/03/04 |
Daily
Mail |
Couple's
agony as a third daughter falls victim to mystery sudden death
Pathologist
said the hereditary condition could
also have been responsible of the deaths of their two other
daughters. Tests are now being carried out on the rest of the
family - It is only detectable by Electrocardiogram
(ECG) tests when people are alive.
|
|
07/01/04 |
Parliamentary
Press
Release
press release |
European
success in campaign to recognise "Sudden Death
Syndrome"
'Mission accomplished' Our campaign linking with MEP's Linda
McAvan and Catherine Stihler and the World Health Organisation
(WHO) to get an international code for sudden death syndrome
conditions has been achieved.
|
|
01/01/04 |
Lanzarote
Gazette |
When
death is hidden
The
paramedics could not save the young holidaymaker.
Their efforts to bring him back to life continued for over half an
hour. But failure to revive
him even left the ambulance crew in tears.
|
|
01/12/03 |
Health
Which |
Special
investigation: sudden death - unexpected and unexplained
Colin Meek
looks beyond the dramatic headlines to investigate what's known about
sudden unexpected and unexplained deaths
|
|
01/12/03 |
Health
Which |
Blackout
fear like living Russian roulette
The post mortem couldn’t find a cause of death but no inquest was
held. A few years before
Pauline had blacked out during a swimming lesson.
The family were told the blackout was nothing to worry about.
|
|
01/11/03 |
Pharmacy
Magazine |
Sudden
Adult Death Syndrome
Research
published in the Lancet last
year suggested that as many as eight lives were being lost each week in
the UK to “Sudden Death Syndrome” (SDS), an umbrella term used for the
many different causes of cardiac arrest in young people.
|
|
27/10/03 |
The
Times |
Survival
of the fittest
Tony
Blair's
heart problems are not the only ones to have made it on to the political agenda
in recent weeks. Two Labour MEPs have
launched a campaign in the European Parliament to call on the World Health
Organisation to recognise and officially name sudden death syndrome.
|
|
10/10/03 |
British
Medical Journal |
MEPs lead
campaign to get sudden unexplained deaths recognised as a syndrome
Deaths
that remain unexplained after a postmortem examination are
registered and coded as due to causes that may be vague or
incorrect, they add, making it difficult to construct an
accurate picture of the real scale of the problem.
|
|
07/10/03 |
Parliamentary
Press
Release
press release |
Campaign to
recognise "Sudden Death Syndrome" goes to
Europe
On Wednesday, Labour MEPs Linda McAvan and Catherine Stihler are
launching a new pan European campaign in the European Parliament in
Brussels calling on the World Health Organisation to officially recognise
and name the syndrome.
|
|
30/09/03 |
Daily
Mail |
I
was awake while my pacemaker was fitted
I was
informed that there was no way of knowing if my heart would suddenly stop
again. Worse still, my
resting heartbeat was just 38 beats per minute – the average is 70 |
|
27/09/03
|
The
Weekly News |
My
own story
Excitement, exercise and even the shock of being wakened by an alarm
clock can cause her heart to stop beating. Danii talks about
living with an implanted defibrillator to control Long QT. |
|
11/09/03
|
Chat |
They
won't be the last
We were talking and she collapsed.
It was as if she just fell asleep.
I heard the doctor’s words in my head. These won’t be the last deaths…
|
|
20/08/03 |
Now!
|
I
was so close to dying and didn't realise it
Lucy, a consultant for celebrity agency Max Clifford PR, thought her dizzy spells over the years were caused by her
hectic lifestyle, but timely tests showed she had a potentially fatal
heart defect that could have killed her at any moment. |
|
01/08/03 |
Cosmopolitan |
"I've
died five times"
The next thing I
remember is lying on the floor with a teaching standing over me.
He looked scared, and I could hear my mates crying. Everyone thought I was dead. |
|
21/07/03 |
The
Guardian |
Why
Foe was the latest in a long line of needless fatalities
Post-mortem examinations have revealed that
Marc-Vivien Foé was the latest victim of the condition that is
responsible for a growing death toll of sporting talent. |
|
15/07/03 |
Vogue |
Is
the gym killing you?
The problem is that
cardiovascular screening is not routinely available.
Even our Olympic athletes do not get it as part of their
pre-competition work-up. |
|
01/07/03 |
The
Guardian |
The
hidden timebomb
The sudden death of footballer Marc-Vivien
Foé last week was no freak one-off. Thousands of apparently young
healthy adults die unexpectedly every year. |
|
27/06/03 |
BBC
NewsOnline |
Sudden
heart death
Many cases may be caused by
heart arrhythmias - when the heartbeat races without warning, this
can cause fainting - or in very rare cases - collapse and death
even in very young adults. |
|
02/05/03 |
BHF
press release |
BHF
scientists Discover New Test for Sudden Adult Death, SADS
A
new pan European study released today and funded by the BHF, has
identified an abnormality in the heart that will help predict
those people who may be at risk from so-called sudden adult death
syndrome (SADS). |
|
01/05/03 |
Medical
Technology Bulletin |
Sudden
Death Syndrome: The UK's hidden menace
Finding
the cause of the heart problem is essential.
This is where medical technology steps in.
|
|
29/04/03 |
BHF
press release |
Could
remedies be making people victims of
mystery heart killer?
The
BHF is funding a project to discover whether ‘apparently
healthy’ adults in could be at risk from potentially fatal heart
arrhythmias after taking over the counter remedies for common complaints
such as hay fever or indigestion
|
|
08/04/03 |
Daily
Express |
My
husbands death helped me save my daughters
When
Julie John's apparently fit and healthy husband, Dave, inexplicably died
at 32, she was determined to find out why |
|
28/03/03 |
BHF
press release |
BHF
calls for research into Sudden Adult Death Syndrome.
Leading charity asks if mystery sudden adult deaths could be just the
‘tip of the iceberg’. |
|
01/03/03 |
Woman |
My
baby's cry could kill me
The
biggest danger is a sudden noise while the sufferer is asleep – this is
the time when the heart rate is slowest and can be shocked the most
|
|
17/02/03 |
Woman's
Own |
It's
not just an old man's disease
The fact that heart conditions affect young people too needs to be
advertised as much as possible as even my own friends have trouble
believing me
|
|
01/01/03 |
Cricket World |
Cardiac screening should be mandatory
CRY would like to see the
same procedures adopted in the UK as are in place in Italy where it is
mandatory that representative athletes of all ages have annual heart
checks
|
|
01/12/02 |
Readers
Digest |
Screening
hearts
The first screening
involved 289 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 18 and
took place in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in Spring 2002 |
|
30/09/02 |
Woman |
She
was only a mum for 10 weeks
The
illness was passed down through the generations.
Her mother died in her 20s, doctors
put it down to epilepsy because no one knew about SADS at the time.
|
|
20/08/02 |
The
Times |
Young
at risk of sudden death
Health campaigners believe that elecrocardiogram testing of postpubescent children could help to prevent
SDS. ECGs are painless, non-invasive and can detect up to 97 per cent of heart muscle disorders.
|
|
18/08/02 |
The
Sunday Times |
Too
young to die
"It can seem life-shattering when they are told
the news, but prevention is far better than the alternative." |
|
08/07/02 |
House
of Commons
press release |
All Party
Parliamentary Group for Cardiac Risk in the
Young
MP
Kevan Jones has been working with CRY over the last few months, to bring together interested parties in Westminster
and form the group. |
|
01/07/02 |
Take
a Break |
Letter
from the heart - My Big Brother
After your
funeral I came across the application form you’d filled in for Big Brother.
My eyes moistened.
|
|
27/06/02 |
Hansard |
Cardiac
Risk in the Young - sudden death
Is the Leader of House aware
that, every week, four to eight apparently fit and healthy young
people die of undiagnosed heart problems in the UK?
|
|
08/06/02 |
The
Weekly News |
Daughter's
sudden death leads to teenage heart screening in Western Isles
Until the end of this month, the UK’s
first ethically approved ECG testing pilot scheme will run in and around the
Isle of Lewis. |
|
15/05/02 |
Zest |
One
by one, members of my family were dying and I feared I'd be next
16 of her family died young. Only when she
suspected her own children might be at risk that she discovered
they'd been victims of sudden death. |
|
14/05/02 |
Daily
Telegraph |
Struck
Down Without Warning
Amanda Belger was a healthy and fit 21-year-old mother of two
young children when, a year ago, she collapsed and died. |
|
16/04/02 |
More
Magazine |
Why
did he have to die?
Ian
turned and said: ‘Next time we go away, we’ll have a little
person with us.’ It hurts so much to remember that as we never
got to go as a family. |
|
29/03/02 |
Daily
Record |
Tragic
heart death of our soccer son
Unlike
athletes on the continent, Andy didn’t have access to regular heart tests and
they put his occasional lack of endurance down to over-exertion. |
|
11/02/02 |
BBC
Health Watchdog |
Cardiomyopathy
Falklands veteran John Ellis and his daughter Faith were both fit and
healthy until they suffered sudden health crises. |
|
26/01/02 |
Mirror
Magazine |
Five
of my family died before the age of 22
In
the last 13 years Michelle Griffiths has gone to the funeral of two of her
sisters, her two brothers and her niece. |
|
02/01/02 |
Daily
Mail |
Our
family curse
Tracing
three generations across the globe, the father of two noticed that too many of
them – nearly a third – had died suddenly while young.
|
|
01/01/02 |
GMTV website |
Sudden Death
Syndrome |
|
|
|
Jamie's parents, Keith
and Debbie, were unaware of the existence of Sudden Death
Syndrome. Had they known of the CRY campaign they believe
they would have fought for extra tests, meaning Jamie might still
be alive. |
|
18/10/01 |
BBC
News |
Island
Teens to have heart screening
An exciting new project which could save the lives of
young people is scheduled to begin on the Isle of Lewis. |
|
28/08/01 |
The Times |
Death by
overwork
It
could be the most perfectly designed killing machine
of our time. It is usually implicated but
never convicted; |
|
28/08/01 |
The Times |
Why we really don't like
Mondays
If you are male, congratulations on making it back
to work today. You survived the weekend days when chance of a heart attack is at its
height. |
|
04/08/01 |
Siemens
UK |
Sporting
success
The charity Cardiac Risk in the Young uses a
portable Siemens scanner on the British paralympic
swimming team. |
|
01/08/01 |
Daily Express |
Coroner
calls for change
Over a period of seven weeks none of the
experts - including five consultants - identified the illness. Her heart
was never even checked. |
|
25/07/01 |
Best Magazine |
He died in my arms
One moment Ellis
Curran 28 was playing with his children, the next, without warning, he collapsed
and
died in his fiancée's arms. |
|
08/07/01 |
Eye on
Wales (BBC Radio Wales) |
SADS
(transcript).
But SADS isn't seen as as a political priority and didn't even
merit mention when the National Assembly's heart disease strategy
was unveiled |
|
21/06/01 |
Parliamentary Debate
(Hansard) |
Heart Disease (young people)
There is a need to raise
awareness among general practitioners, a need for greater
awareness on the part of coroners. |
|
05/03/01 |
The Times |
Project to cut
heart deaths
A pioneering project aims to screen 1,000 children in the
Western Isles of Scotland to spot potentially fatal heart defects early. |
|
07/02/01 |
House of Commons |
House of Commons
Launch of The Medical Technology Group
MPs, Ministers and Peers who
supported the event aimed at raising awareness of the positive impact of
technology on people's lives |
|
03/01/01 |
The
Sun |
Brother’s death
has saved me
Richard 16, collapsed at home from a massive
heart attack but tests showed that an undetected defect was
also present in brother Stephen, 19. |
|
03/01/01 |
Daily
Express |
How our son’s
death saved the life of his brother
Stephen recovered from surgery which
fitted a small defibrillator to his chest with electrodes to control the illness
allows him to lead a normal life.
|
|
09/10/00 |
Radio 4 Live |
Sudden
Death Syndrome
Those affected usually have no warning that they suffer from a serious heart problem and often symptoms like dizziness and
breathlessness |
| 01/10/00 |
Runners World |
Sudden Impact |
|
|
|
CRY is campaigning for widespread
screening of youngsters It runs a mobile screening unit that
offers subsidised rates to athletics clubs. |
|
01/08/00
|
BBC
NewsOnline |
Sudden
Death Syndrome
BBC Health links to groups who offer support and counseling to
families who have suffered sudden death. |
|
21/02/99
|
The
Sunday Times |
On
the trail of the silent killer of the young
In July 1997, two days before his 18th
birthday, Andrew arrived home from his summer job at a toyshop, went upstairs to his
room and dropped dead.
|
|
16/02/99
|
Daily
Mail |
Young
heart attack - these
young, healthy people all died with no warning
There
is no need for people to panic. These
deaths are not common, but they are happening. Parents need to be aware of the symptoms
|
|
14/02/99
|
The
Sunday Mirror |
Sudden
adult cot death
The simple heart monitoring test, which would cost the NHS £34
per person to carry out, could help save most of the 10,000
potential sufferers in Britain |
|
27/01/98
|
Daily
Express |
My
Laura didn't have to die...a simple test could have saved her life
Laura was going to represent her country
for the first time in April and she was so proud.
The day before her funeral her England colours arrived. |
