A college is kicking off a football tournament next week to raise funds for research into the condition which struck down a student on the pitch. Next Tuesday, October 14, Pendleton College’s Sports and PE department will be staging the competition in memory of Daniel Young. Daniel, 16, from Atherton, was only three weeks into a
A heart health campaigner has announced that she hopes to offer every secondary school child in Tendring a free heart screening within the next year. Caroline Gard, of Glebe Way, Frinton, has announced her intention to offer every secondary school pupil in the district an ECG (electrocardiogram) test, which can detect undiagnosed hereditary heart faults in
Every week at least eight apparently fit and healthy young people die from an undetected heart condition. Health reporter Siobhan Ryan speaks to one victim lucky enough to have survived. Joseph Tanner learned about his heart condition in dramatic fashion. He had just come to the end of the Hastings half marathon in March this year when
If you are interested in finding our more about sports nutrition and fitness testing to boost your winter training, Fit-For coaching may have just the thing for you. Fit-For has devised a new concept in cycle-related coaching events. Taking place on Saturday October 18 at Nescot Centre for Sports Development in Epsom, Surrey, a group of experts
Every single week, 15 young people from all walks of life die from the condition known as Sudden Death Syndrome. Now research done in the Midlands has found a new way of diagnosing people at risk so they can get treatment before tragedy strikes Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/content/articles/2008/09/29/west_midlands_sudden_death_s14_w3_feature.shtml
More than 750 youngsters were invited to have their hearts screened yesterday by a mother whose son died unexpectedly. Caroline Gard’s apparently healthy teenage son, Andrew, died from Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) just two days before he turned 18. Mrs Gard, from Frinton, is now campaigning for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), in
Olympic rowing silver medallist Acer Nethercott has spoken of his motivation for cycling the length of the country. Acer will pedal from Land's End to John O' Groats this month in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, a cause close to his heart, for his friend Steve Churchill, from Broxbourne, who suffers from the disease. The
The cardiovascular benefits of regular physical exercise are well established. However, a small proportion of young (aged 35 years or under) athletes with unsuspected heart disease are at increased risk of exercise related sudden cardiac death. The majority of such deaths are attributable to cardiac anomalies, most of which can be identified during life. more Visit
In October 2005 John Ibbotson died suddenly at the age of 27. Ibbotson turned pro at 20 and raced in Belgium and Italy before finding his true metier as a coach and setting up his Fit-for coaching business. The cause of his death was a heart abnormality that simply caused it to stop beating. Ibbotson had no symptoms
Family and friends of Caroline Johnstone, the 17-year-old Bishop’s Stortford sixth-former who died in June, raised nearly £3,000 in her memory by taking part in a 6k run. Many of the runners dressed as fairies – her internet hotmail name was Fairy Caz – for the event which started and finished at the Thorley Centre and