Did data save me? By Sam Morgan
I’m 46 years old and in April I ran my 5th Marathon distance having been in love with running, cycling, strength training and racket sports all my life. I never felt comfortable pushing to my absolute limits and lived for years with a seemingly irrational fear that my heart or something serious might happen so […]
Ben Aldred’s MyHeart Fund Events and updates- 2025
6 months after his cardiac arrest Ben decided to set up his MyHeart Fund to try and raise enough funds to initially screen his fellow team-mates and we kicked off the fundraising with a charity static bike ride where we kept the wheels turning for 7 days, 24hrs a day in July 2023. The response to our first event was incredible and we vowed to repeat the bike ride in July 2024, plus in March 2024 we held our first CRYket Dinner & Dan
My life has changed forever but it will not define me! Blog by Nick Cassidy
29th May 2025 will always be known to me as the day that changed my life forever. Prior to this date I was your normal 28-year-old who loved sport and keeping fit. I had played football for over 20 years within an academy as a child and then both professionally and semi-professional in later years. Football […]
Getting diagnosed with a heart condition at 26 and pregnant
It all began in October 2021; at the time I was healthy and had no idea what was coming. Growing up I had experienced dizziness and could be known to faint, but I had never been concerned. I had put it all down to other things like feeling too hot or anxious. It all changed […]
Autumn video myheart meeting-Saturday,18th October 2025
A myheart members’ video meeting was held on Saturday, 18th October 2025 between 10am and 12pm. Meetings are free to attend and give members an opportunity to meet and discuss their experiences in an informal but supportive environment. Those young people that attend these meetings usually find them very helpful. It does not matter how […]
My life changed without warning! by Rebecca Travis
Last year I was 25 years old, healthy, fit, and with no family history of heart disease when my life changed without warning. Since 2023, I had been living in Seoul, South Korea, with my partner and our pet. I loved my job, my life, and staying active. When my gym membership ended, I decided […]
Dr Marwaha: Solving the Grey Zone – Differentiating Athlete’s Heart from early DCM
So, what happens next when a CRY-funded Research Fellow reaches the end of their 3-year tenure and returns to complete their clinical training, taking further steps on the path towards Cardiology Consultant? Where – and how – does research fit into this inevitably busy and pressured schedule? Well, as we’ve learnt from the previous interviews […]
Vital Beat
Vital Beat has created a unique and specialized protection and comfort solution for people with medical devices such as an ICD, EV-ICD or S-ICD. Wearing the Vital Beat shirt and protection shields will allow you to safely and comfortably enjoy your sports, hobbies and work. The Vital Beat solutions are available for all ages. Our youngest users are just 2 years old […]
Never the Same Man by Richard Moore
Ask how I’m doing, do the pills go down ok?Somedays I’ll say I’m fine, just to make you go away. ‘If I open my eyes what will I see?’ I opened my eyes and tried to focus. I saw curtains surrounding me and the bright white sheets of the bed. I realised the ‘beep……beep……beep’ was […]
CRY Cardiology Conference 2024
The CRY cardiology conference is an annual event which attracts speakers and delegates from around the globe, including many of the world’s leading experts on sports cardiology and young sudden cardiac diagnosis. The CRY conference draws together experts in the fields of sports cardiology, inherited cardiac diseases and sudden cardiac death in the young, who […]