Improving 56 Risk Factors Might Avert 40%-63% of Sudden Cardiac Arrests

Casino night to highlight awareness of cardiac arrest in young athletes; Preston Settles family rallies behind its legislative push for emergency help on site

Cassidy McNeeley, Reporter StaffThe Settles family— Dr. Lisa Owens, Taylor Settles, Preston Settles, and Darryl Settles—in a 2019 photo. At right, Preston Settles at his graduation from the Fessenden School. Settles family photos Even as a teenager, Preston Settles was known for his kindness and his knack for befriending anyone in any circumstance. This month, three years after his death from a sudden cardiac arrest while playing basketball, he…

Improving 56 Risk Factors Might Avert 40%-63% of Sudden Cardiac Arrests

Study findings link key risk factors to sudden cardiac arrest, highlighting need for primary prevention. Medscape Medical News

Northern Ireland's Lagan Valley AC raise vital funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) – the charity that helped to save the life of one of the club's young athletes through its screening programme

17-year-old, Scott Owen (pictured) presented a cheque for £2,000 as he shared his personal story about the benefits of heart screening in young people  Lagan Valley Athletic Club (AC)  has gone the extra mile, literally and figuratively, by raising £2,000 for the life-saving charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). The cheque presentation was made to local CRY representative, Collette Fitzgerald (Randalstown GAA), during Meet 3 of the Lagan Vall…

Lagan Valley AC raise vital funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young

Seventeen-year-old, Scott Owen, presented a cheque for £2,000 as he shared his personal story about the benefits of heart screening in young people