Arrhythmia Alliance - The Heart Rhythm Charity

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Media Coverage

Newspaper/Magazine

Daily Express - I was wrongly diagnosed as epileptic

Lancashire Evening Post - I can’t watch football - the thrill could kill me!

Liverpool Echo - I had a pacemaker fitted at just 31!

Somerset Standard - Learn First and Save Lives

Wales on Sunday - Brave sisters’ hearts beat as one

Zest Magazine - Ela Garside - I was wrongly diagnosed with epilepsy

Hastings Observer - Helping to raise awareness

Nottingham Evening Post - Lifesaving donation to spot heart problems

Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser - Woman’s House of Commons visit to Highlight sufferers’ plight

Springburn Herald - Brave Rona is determined to help others spread the word

Television

BBC News - 15 year old Boy dies after PE Lesson
Read Gavin’s story as told by his older brother.

ITV Wales - Mari & Lowri’s fight for a diagnosis
Read more about Mari & Lowri

Radio

BBC Radio Scotland - AAAW interviews (MP3)
An interview with Rona Saunders and Trudie Lobban on the frequent misdiagnosis of heart conditions.
Read Rona’s story

BBC Somerset - Sound Drivetime 11th June 2007
Listen to BBC Somerset’s coverage of Arrhythmia Awareness Week

Bridge FM - Coverage of AAAW
Listen to Bridge FM’s coverage of AAAW and an interview with Marie and Laura

Orchard FM Coverage of Arrhythmia Awareness Week
News coverage of former Somerset policeman, Sean Brady, raising awareness of arrhythmia.

BBC Radio Cyrmu
Transcript of BBC Radio Cymru interview with Christine and Laura about their condition.

 

Familion Webcast

If you were unable to attend the successful webcast Lab21 held during Arrhythmia awareness week given by Dr Michael Ackerman M.D, Ph.D, as an introduction to Cardiac Channelopathies, LONG QT Syndrome & the FAMILION™ Test or you did attend and would like to view the presentation again. It is now available on the Lab21 website, please Click Here.
 

Arrhythmia Awareness Week Launch
Read about the launch at Westminster.

New beat for heart nurses
Chard & Ilminster News - Chard,Somerset,UK
By Joanna Glover PATIENTS in Chard, Ilminster and Crewkerne suffering from heart rhythm disorders will now receive expert care thanks to the recruitment of ...

Patients take heart from new guidlines
Nursing in Practice Online

New Heart Nurses at Musgrove
Somerset County Gazette

Early Detection of Cardiac Arrhythmia
The British Journal of Healthcare Computing & Information Management

Living with a heart condition
BBC News coverage of Mike Morgan, who has dilated cardiomyoptahy and his efforts to raise awareness for the arrhythmia alliance

Heart rhythm awareness day
Irish Health - Ireland
Places at the conference can be booked by contacting Mary Vasseghi of the Irish Arrhythmia Alliance and Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young Support Group at ...

UK Heart Care Improving But Still Dependent Upon Your Postcode
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Government campaigns to prevent blocked arteries have been extremely successful but the Arrhythmia Alliance is now calling for a focus on the other half of ...

Zest Magazine - Ela Garside
Zest magazine has covered a STARS patient who has lived with RAS

World Heart Rhythm Day; 13th of June 2007
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
Around 200 pacemaker defibrillators are implanted for people at risk of cardiac arrest from a heart rhythm problem- budget limitations constrain the number ...

When the heart beats, listen: cardiologists
Hindu - Chennai,India
On World Heart Rhythm Day, to be observed on Wednesday, the message is that every minute lost in unconsciousness due to arrhythmia reduces the survival rate ...

Call for increased awareness of heart disorder
Irish Times - Ireland
A World Heart Rhythm Awareness Day seminar, held in Dublin this morning, heard how improved education for professionals and the public and better quality of ...

 

Press Releases

Download the AAAW 2007 National Press Release

Download the AAAW 2007 Volunteer Press Release

If you are a member of the press and would like more information, please contact Laura at aaaw@stars.org.uk

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