The sudden death of footballer Marc-Vivien Foé last week was no freak one-off. More than 3,000 apparently young healthy adults die unexpectedly every year. Should we be worried, asks Sophie Petit-Zeman When former Wales football manager Terry Yorath saw 28-year-old Cameroon soccer star Marc-Vivien Foé crumple to the ground during last Thursday's match against Colombia, it
Sudden heart death Doctors are trying to find out why Cameroon international footballer Marc Vivien-Foe died from a heart attack at the age of 28. However, an underlying heart defect such as "long QT syndrome" will be high on their list of suspects. Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS), has been described by some experts as the
A screening session on Teesside has given a young person the chance to have a hidden heart defect treated. The session, set up by Maralyn and Kenny Bowen of Redcar, screened 38 young people for possible heart problems. The Bowen
A new pan European[1] study released today[2] and funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), has identified an abnormality in the heart that will help predict those people who may be at risk from so-called sudden adult death syndrome (SADS). The lead researchers, based at Papworth Hospital near Cambridge, have found a way to predict whether
Every week, four to eight apparently fit and healthy young people die in the UK from undiagnosed heart conditions. These events, referred to as
SUDDEN DEATH IN ADULTS The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is funding an important £1.6million project, which aims to discover whether hundreds of
After both their husbands suffered heart attacks a mother and daughter-in-law have decided to take the ultimate cardiac test. Claire Felven, of Meadow Street, Aberkenfig and Rita Collins of Heol yr Orsaf, Kenfig Hill, will run the London Marathon in aid of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). The pair hope to raise £2,000 for the
When Julie John's apparently fit and healthy husband, Dave, inexplicably died at 32, she was determined to find out why. In doing so, she helped prevent her daughters becoming victims of the same fatal heart illness. Julie John was waiting outside Portsmouth Harbour railway station with her eldest daughter, Danielle, and becoming agitated. Her husband, Dave, was two
The untimely death of her young daughter has prompted a Teesside mum to try to save others from a similar fate. Margaret Wright, from Thorntree, has started a fundraising campaign in her daughters name to raise money for cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). Her 32-year-old daughter, Mandi Blake was found at the foot of the
Leading charity asks if mystery sudden adult deaths (SADS) could be just the