European success in campaign to recognise "Sudden Death Syndrome" CRY in Parliament Labour MEPs have hailed the decision of the World Health Organisation to investigate the levels of sudden deaths amongst children and young adults as "good news" and a "significant step forward". Campaigners have said that sudden death amongst children and adults could be claiming
Devon families have welcomed a breakthrough lending support to their campaign for improved screening to identify people at risk of the rare Sudden Death Syndrome. The issue is to be highlighted in the House of Commons today by an MP introducing a Private Member
Mum wants tests for fatal condition Worried mum Donna Pyle is desperate to find out if her two young sons are at risk fro a heart condition when may have killed her husband. The Exeter family were left devastated when Mr Pyle collapsed and died aged 32 after his heart stopped without warning
A Flintshire politician is calling for public money to be allocated to a crisis-hit charity which has already saved the lives of seven youngsters in the county. Alyn and Deeside MP Mark Tami urged the House of Commons to consider his plea on behalf of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) after being made aware of
Lives have been saved after a screening session was held in Flintshire to detect heart abnormalities. The testing session, to spot potentially lethal defects, was organised by local campaigner Doreen Harley, at the Beaufort Park Hotel, near Mold. The screening, which saved two lives, also has the backing of Alyn and Deeside MP Mark Tami. He
Colin Meek looks beyond the dramatic headlines to investigate what’s known about sudden unexpected and unexplained deaths Sudden death – beyond the dramatic headlines Health Which investigates sudden unexpected and unexplained deathIn June this year 28-year-old Manchester City and Cameroon footballer Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed during an international match in Lyon. Medical teams struggled to resuscitate him
Colin Meek looks beyond the dramatic headlines to investigate what's known about sudden unexpected and unexplained deaths In June this year 28-year-old Manchester City and Cameroon footballer Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed during an international match in Lyon. Medical teams struggled to resuscitate him but he died later in hospital. His death stunned the football world and the millions of
Sixteen-year-old Pauline Moyle stood up and walked to her crying eight-week-old baby. She picked her baby up and then died. The post mortem couldn
Lancashire Evening Telegraph – 24 November 2003 By Andrew Turner One person above all would have been proud to see Irene Wickers walk away with the Pride of East Lancashire Outstanding Volunteer award, her son, Neil, who died suddenly of a rare heart condition aged just 31. He was a regular gym user who appeared to
A EURO MP has joined forces with two Rotherham mums who lost their sons in unexplained circumstances to call for more research to be carried out. Linda McAvan, one of the Yorkshire and Humberside MEPs is asking the World Health Organisations to change the way it records cases of either cot death or so-called Sudden Adult