BBC
News Online features an article on sudden cardiac 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.
It is a cruel, indiscriminate condition
that claims the lives of eight young people every week in the UK.
Most people do not even know it exists
until it strikes someone in their own family.
But a campaign has been launched to raise
awareness of the condition and ensure better facilities for diagnosis and
treatment. It
has been organised by Cardiac Risk in the Young (Cry) – the national
charity dedicated to helping the families of those who have lost someone
under the age of 35 to sudden cardiac death……………
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