Cry screening, organised by North Wales representative Doreen Harley, left, took place at the Beaufort Park Hotel. Also there were Dr Jayesh Makan, cardiologist; David Oxborough, ECHO technician; Adele Oxborough, ECG technician; Mark Tami, MP for Alyn and Deeside and Tony Hill from CRY It was funded by the H. J. Heinz Charitable Trust in memory of
The dying breaths of her teenage son will haunt a Teesside Mum forever. An inquest still has still to be held on 14-year-old Anthony Iverson, who died in September last year at his Billingham home. Heartbroken mum Pauline Hartley fears his death could remain a mystery forever and be diagnosed as Sudden Adult Death Syndrome SADS.
Campaigners are calling for more research and greater recognition of a heart problem that kills apparently healthy young adults. Its been dubbed the adult version of
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, Linda McAvan and Catherine Stihler, have launched a campaign in the European Parliament to call on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to recognise and officially name sudden death syndrome (SDS)
A Fife couple whose 26-year-old son died suddenly two years ago have thrown their weight behind a campaign to raise awareness of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. Maggie and Andrew Tait, of Glenrothes are supporting a bid by Fife MEP Catherine Stihler to have the shocking condition officially recognised by the World Health Organisation. Only then, they
A Glenrothes couple are helping to launch a new campaign to raise awareness of the disease which claimed the life of their s1on nearly three years ago. Maggie and Andrew Tait of Finglassie are supporting the bid by Fife MEP Catherine Stihler to have Sudden Adult Death Syndrome officially recognised by the World Health Organisation. The
The World Health Organization and national statistical offices are coming under pressure to officially recognise sudden death syndrome in a bid to reduce the number of unexplained deaths among healthy children and young adults. The campaign is being led by two British Labour MEPs, Linda McAvan and Catherine Stihler. They point out that since cot deaths were
A Deeside campaigner is backing calls for the World Health Organisation to officially recognise the condition which killer her daughter. Labour MEPs took the case for Sudden Death Syndrome to be classified into a specific category to the European Parliament on Wednesday. Connah
Eleven months ago former England junior squash champion had a pacemaker fitted after his heart stopped for a few seconds during a health check up. The patient During a routine health check at work in July last year the doctor noticed that I had a slightly irregular heartbeat. When I told her that I had been feeling