Andy Scott is a 32-year-old former professional footballer (Sheffield United, Brentford, Oxford and Leyton Orient) who has been forced to retire from the game after doctors warned any physical exercise could kill him. Andy has been diagnosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disorder which restricts the efficient pumping of blood around the body due to
A bereaved mum is campaigning for young people to be screened for potential cardiovascular disorders following the death of her son from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. Ruth Lowe, of Fulwood, says if her 21-year-old son Andrew Parr had been given an ECG, his heart problem, which went undetected until his death, may have been picked up sooner.
The Omagh members of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) held an awareness day in Prospect Court last weekend to give local people an insight into the work they are doing, and the campaigns in which they are taking part. One of the biggest campaigns they are taking part in is the Postcard Campaign, which began
A gym instructor has volunteered to plunge thousands of feet through the air to help a charity that aims to prevent young people dying suddenly from heart problems. Chris Nichols (left – seated on exercise machine), who has three daughters and works at Fitness 2000, Pickering, has decided to tackle a parachute jump to raise cash
An Ulverston mum who lost her 22-year-old son to the little-known adult equivalent of cot death has set herself an awareness-raising mission. Two years after Lee Stables died suddenly while enjoying a backpacking trip around India, his mum Sharen is hoping to raise both funds and knowledge of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS). “I’m doing it
An information day was held in Prospect Court in Omagh at the weekend to raise awareness of Cardiac Risk in the Young. Each week at least eight apparently fit and healthy young people die of undiagnosed heart conditions. Tyrone All-Ireland football champion Cormac McAnallen was a high-profile victim of such an undiagnosed heart condition. Yet experts believe that
A gym instructor has volunteered to plunge thousands of feet through the air to help a charity that aims to prevent young people dying suddenly from heart problems. Father-of-three Chris Nichols, who works at Fitness 2000, Pickering, is preparing to tackle a parachute jump to raise cash for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). Mr Nichols
A Coroner may re-open an inquest into the death of a nurse who died of sudden heart failure after being suddenly awoken by her alarm clock. New DNA evidence has ruled that Lisa Jane Browne DID die of a rare heart abnormality which could now spark a fresh probe into her death. The 27-year-old registered nurse
Every week eight young people across Britain die suddenly from undetected heart conditions. Now in an effort to highlight this devastating loss the charity CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young – is launching postcards across all areas of the country with photographs of eight young people from that area who have died in these tragic
Ballinderry schoolboy Nicholas Collins was just 16 years of age when he suffered from a fatal viral infection in 1998. At the time knowledge of causes of heart diseases among young people was relatively scant. The keen, fit, basketball player spent seven weeks at the coronary care unit at the City Hospital, Belfast before passing away