A mother whose 27-year-old daughter died from a heart condition is urging Wrexham families to attend a cardiac screening session. The charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) will hold its first North Wales mobile cardiac screening event on Saturday, February 22, 2003 at the Beaufort Park Hotel in Mold. Doreen Harley, CRY
CRY stormed into the New Year with its busiest week to date and the fantastic news that Ian Botham OBE has agreed to be the Honorary President of CRY’s Centre for Sports Cardiology. On Monday January 7 CRY’s Chairman Dr Greg Whyte and myself were invited by Ian and Kathy Botham to visit them at their
A group of Southampton runners have put their best feet forward to raise money for a vital heart-scanning machine for the city
The cast of a village panto are putting on a special premier night performance in a bid to raise money for a project to bring a heart screening unit for young people into the region. Northop Presents are staging Snow White this year, but a special premier is being put on to raise funds for charity
A teenager who underwent heart surgery when she was just three is helping set up a nationwide support group for youngsters in a similar position. Former Manningtree College student Lisa King has already begun training to be part of the initiative set up by CRY
When Levon Morland died suddenly from a rare illness, his identical twin brother Aran was devastated. The pair had been out on the town just hours before his body was found by their heartbroken mother, Sandra. The 22-year-old died in his sleep in January from the extremely rare Wolfe Parkinson White Syndrome, which left him with
A campaign to bring a lifesaving heart unit to North Wales has received a significant boost. Doreen Harley is striving to raise more than £6,000 for a screening session to test youngsters for signs of undiagnosed heart conditions, one of which killed her daughter. The CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) campaigner was overwhelmed when ScottishPower
Despite personal grief Doreen has a mission to save young lives. A grieving mum
Sudden Death Syndrome claims up to eight young victims every week in the UK. New research, to be published in The Lancet, shows that this figure may be a conservative estimate. Sporty youngsters who put stress on their heart are most at risk if they have an underlying heart problem. Victims include the footballer Daniel Yorath,
Julie and Eamonn Chipperfield-Carr seemed to have a charmed life. Madly in love after ten years together and running a successful business from their home, they still had hundreds of hopes and dreams to be fulfilled. But those dreams were tragically ripped apart when Eamonn died suddenly if an illness the couple did not even know