myheart hard copy newsletter-2023
Members who subscribed to the myheart hard copy newsletter should have now received it. Read the online version here. Subscribe to myheart mailings here.
624 Reasons Why by Joe McEwan
My name is Joe, and I suppose you could say I’m your fairly average 23-year-old man. I graduated from university with a law degree in 2022, have played sport pretty much my whole life and I love travel, playing guitar and art. I also had a sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 22. September […]
Never Miss a Beat
By Gem O’Reilly It’s a funny thing being told you could potentially go into cardiac arrest for something you can’t necessarily see or feel. It’s a surreal, intangible experience and very scary. That’s what happened to me when I was 16. I was diagnosed with Long QT Syndrome, which basically means my heart struggles to […]
Changes to the QTdrugs List and List of Drugs to Avoid in cLQTS
Members with cardiac conditions may like to consider registering with CredibleMeds to be kept up to date with any changes to the QT drugs to avoid list https://crediblemeds.org/everyone/. We have recently received the following message through CredibleMeds: April 29, 2024 Re: Changes to the QTdrugs List and List of Drugs to Avoid in cLQTS Dear CredibleMeds […]
Empowering Hearts: Dr. Joyee Basu’s Groundbreaking Research Redefines Exercise Guidelines for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients
CRY’s Research Fellows – both past and present – have an outstanding reputation of submitting and publishing papers, sharing and showcasing their projects with peers and key decision makers and presenting findings at UK and international conferences. The issue around the impact of exercise and physical activity on young people living with a heart condition […]
National myheart meeting-16th March,2024
A myheart members’ meeting was held at Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ, between 2pm-5pm on Saturday 16th March 2024. Please find the feedback form below for the meeting below. There was a Q and A session with cardiologist, Dr Raghav Bhatia. In this session, members asked questions they had about their condition, the […]
Leading researchers gather at St George’s University of London, to showcase a portfolio of projects funded by Cardiac Risk in the Young Friday October 20th saw the welcome return of CRY’s Annual Medical Conference to an ‘in person’ event (following three years of remote access) – with a new venue for 2023, The Curve Lecture […]
myheart hard copy newsletter-2021
Members who subscribed to the myheart hard copy newsletter should have now received it. Read the online version here. Subscribe to myheart mailings here.
I was told, “I might not make to 35!” by Tom Roberts
After years of struggling with heart grumbles, pains and palpitations, i was repeatedly told (by different doctors) that it would just be stress, anxiety and depression. Different medications did nothing to stop the aforementioned issues I experienced. The symptoms also got so much worse after my Mum passed away in 2018 but this was again […]
CRY International Medical Conference 2021
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the CRY Conference was moved online again for 2021. On October 14 and 15, the conference was hosted in partnership by CRY and the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC). We were thrilled to welcome leading experts in cardiology from around the globe for presentations, discussion of case-based scenarios, […]