A heart defect caused the untimely deaths of two promising students last year. Now, Nottingham's universities are trying to prevent further tragedies from Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) and Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (Sads). Visit http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/Universities-battle-students-honour/article-1579289-detail/article.html
The parents of tragic Bishop’s Stortford schoolgirl Caroline Johnstone told this week of their long ordeal trying to solve the mystery of how and why the bright and bubbly 17-year-old died. Visit http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/hertsandessexobserver-news/displayarticle.asp?id=461803
A fresh call has gone out for screening to be introduced for deadly heart conditions that affect fit and healthy young people. EMMA JONES speaks to a mum and local councillor who has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the issue following the tragic death of her son. It was a Friday afternoon Paulette Smith will never
A packed church marked the life of rugby captain Max Biles, 29, who died suddenly from natural causes. Visit http://meltwaternews.com/magenta/xml/html/10/04/130866.html
A £6,500 grant for a screening programme for young people at risk of sudden cardiac death has been approved by Darwen Neighbourhood Board. It follows an appeal by parent campaigners Irene Wickers and Granville Staff, who both lost sons to the condition. Irene’s son Neil, from Darwen, died suddenly aged 31 when he collapsed at a Blackburn
The mother of a nurse who died of shock when her alarm clock rang is spearheading a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of the condition which claimed her daughter's life. Lisa Jane Browne was 27 when she died of sudden heart failure in 1998. Her mother, Doreen Harley from Connah's Quay, was in Cardiff last week
A mother whose daughter died from heart failure has been touched that a local toddle has donated money to Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). Parents and young children from Netherfields and Park End Community Centres, in Middlesbrough, walked around the town's Stewart Park recently, raising more than £600 for the charity. They came up with
A sponsored toddle around Middlesbrough's Stewart Park raised more than £60 for a local charity. Visit http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/content/news/1middlesbrough-council-press-releases/2009/sponsored-toddle.en;jsessionid=21C97B506CDD8BF6676FC420E6905191
A mother whose son died suddenly from an undiagnosed heart disease is backing an awareness campaign which she says could save lives. Cardiac Risk in the Young, or CRY, has launched the campaign to highlight the number of young people who die unexpectedly from previously undetected heart conditions. The charity claims 12 people lose their lives each
The cousin of a Scarborough man who died suddenly from an undiagnosed heart condition has had his head shaved to raise money for a charity which is campaigning for the introduction of a national heart screening programme for young people. Allyn McCluskie, 24, died at his home in Alma Square, Scarborough, in May after he suffered