A leading cardiac charity has been praised for its work by Welsh politicians. Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is in its 10th anniversary year and the charity held an awareness event in Cardiff Bay at the Welsh Assembly building. Every week eight apparently fit and healthy young people die in the UK from undiagnosed heart
Children at a Wearside school are learning to save lives, as a tribute to a former pupil who died suddenly in his sleep. The youngsters at Usworth Colliery Primary School, Washington, are also raising money for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), which wants the Government to introduce a heart screening programme for children
Directly elected Assembly Member for Alyn and Deeside, Carl Sargeant, has spoken out congratulating the organisation CRY, Cardiac Risk in the Young, in their 10th anniversary year, for all the work they
The sister of a girl who died from a heart attack has completed her collection for a charity challenge, exactly a year after the tragedy. Kyla Hanson from Market Weighton has raised £1,000 for completing 500 miles on a rowing machine and 500 miles on an exercise bike over a month. Kyla, 23, raised the money for
A health expert spearheading research into Sudden Unexpected Deaths Syndrome (Suds) has been sharing his knowledge in the House of Commons. Professor Mark Rees, of Swansea School of Medicine, was invited to a parliamentary reception organised by the Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) charity last week. The Professor Neurological and Cardiac Genetics said:
Family rebuilding their lives after death of football-mad son The mother of a 20-year-old man who died from an undetected heart condition has spoken of her determination to help raise people
Heart attacks in young people should be tackled, according to Malcolm Moss, MP for Cambridgeshire North-East. He is concerned at the lack of awareness about cardiac problems affecting often fit and healthy teenagers who play sport, and is pressing for action by the National Health Service. The Tory front-bencher has backed a Commons motion supporting moves
Frome fundraiser Shirley Wort has held a display stall in the library to raise awareness for the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). Mrs Wort, from the Critchill Estate, has set up the stall in Frome Library as part of CRY
South Antrim MP, William McCrea has given his backing to a campaign designed to highlight cardiac death in young people. Speaking in support of the CRY campaign, Dr. McCrea said he had been
Charity campaigner Vera Looker manned a stall in the Cascades shopping centre to try to raise awareness of a condition that kills four to eight children a week in the UK. Mrs Looker, 60, of The Dale In Widley, lost her 21-year-old son Michael to an undiagnosed heart condition 16 years ago. She says that at the