55 h. ago Schoolboy, 15, died playing football after heart condition was wrongly diagnosed as asthma by medics with 'lack of curiosity', inquest hears

'Loved' Jake Lawler, 15, was diagnosed with the common respiratory condition after he complained of 'breathlessness' to his GP, but he actually had a rare genetic heart condition.

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3 d. ago I’m taking beta blockers for my anxiety – and so are many of my friends. Is that a problem?

Dreading the thought of giving a speech, or stressed about a big work event? Your GP may prescribe beta blockers to reduce the effects of adrenaline on your heart. Here’s what happened when I took themI first took beta blockers two years ago, when I was asked to give a eulogy. Terrible at public speaking on a good day, let alone at a funeral, my first instinct was to refuse to do it. I had made a speech at a friend’s wedding 15 years before and my legs shook so violently throughout that I thought I would collapse. This isn’t a case of being overcritical or dramatic: I find it almost impossible to stand up in front of a crowd and talk. It is an ordeal, for all involved – or it was before I took beta blockers.Beta blockers are a prescription medication that blocks adrenaline and therefore temporarily reduces the body’s reaction to stress. Routinely given to patients with heart and circulatory conditions, including angina, atrial fibrillation and high blood pressure, as well as to prev...

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4 d. ago Double tragedy as Scots dad loses son and wife to same heart condition

Craig Murray, from Glasgow, said he feels 'robbed' following the deaths of his son Chris and wife Linda - just seven years apart.

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4 d. ago Dad ‘feels robbed’ after losing wife and son to same heart condition in double tragedy

Craig Murray said the loss of his wife Linda in 2024 was made even harder by the fact she would have become a grandmother this year. The family have became ardent supporters of the British Heart Foundation (BHF), raising thousands of pounds for the charity.

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5 d. ago Man loses wife and son to same heart condition: ‘I feel robbed’

The pair ‘still had so much to do’

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5 d. ago Father ‘feels robbed’ after losing wife and son to same heart condition

Craig Murray, from Glasgow, said the loss of his wife Linda in 2024 was made even harder by the fact she would have become a grandmother this year.

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9 d. ago 'My husband has same illness as Simpsons' Steve Pepoon, this is what people don't know'

The Simpsons writer Steve Pepoon has died following a two-year battle with a rare heart condition called cardiac amyloidosis, and a woman whose husband shares the same diagnosis has now spoken out

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9 d. ago Steve Pepoon dead at 68: Emmy Award winning The Simpsons writer dies unexpectedly

The veteran writer had been in treatment for a heart condition called cardiac amyloidosis for the past two years before passing outside of his home in Paola, Kansas on May 3.

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1 week ago ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: What if I lose my son to a total wife

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: What if my son falls in love with a South American and starts a family in Sao Paolo? What if he marries someone who views his old life as something to be scrubbed out?

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2 w. ago Emma Willis makes stunning red carpet return with husband Matt after heart surgery

Love Is Blind UK presenter Emma Willis made her first major public appearance since undergoing heart surgery to correct a congenital heart condition

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2 w. ago Emma Willis shares 'panic' four weeks on from surgery after discovering heart condition

The Voice UK and former Big Brother host Emma Willis was inundated with support from her fans, after undergoing keyhole surgery last month

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2 w. ago Charity launches 'Heart//Work' campaign to share untold stories of adults living with 'Half a Heart'

Innovative Graphic Medicine project turns real experiences into illustrated stories, amplifying the voices of adults with single ventricle heart conditions (‘half a heart’), including 22-year-old Hannah Bradley, from Glasgow.

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2 w. ago Rio Ferdinand asked if he was going to die when doctors diagnosed him with heart condition

Rio Ferdinand was preparing to join Leeds United from West Ham in 2000 when doctors discovered a heart issue during the defender's medical

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2 w. ago The subtle signs of heart problems that you shouldn’t ignore

These symptoms can indicate underlying heart conditions and should be checked out

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3 w. ago Mark Wright left in tears as he opens up on nephew's rare health struggle

Former TOWIE star Mark Wright erupted into floods of tears as he spoke about his darling young nephew's rare heart condition, admitting that seeing him suffer "just hurts"

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3 w. ago 'Ringleader of Grandpa gang' accused of robbing Kim Kardashian is '80% disabled' while others have cancer, heart conditions and Alzheimer's, court hears as trial gets underway

One of the original 12 defendants due at the Paris Assizes died last month, and another can no longer be judged because he is suffering with late-stage Alzheimer's disease.

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3 w. ago Mark Wright bursts into tears over nephew's rare heart condition 'It just hurts'

EXCLUSIVE Former TOWIE star Mark Wright was left in tears as he spoke about his young nephew Presley's health battle, after the tot was diagnosed with a rare heart condition

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3 w. ago Mark Wright breaks down in tears over nephew's health battle and says 'it just hurts'

EXCLUSIVE Former TOWIE star Mark Wright was left in tears as he spoke about his young nephew Presley's health battle, after the tot was diagnosed with a rare heart condition

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3 w. ago Unhealthy lifestyles and high cholesterol trigger boom in statin prescriptions to record 3.8 million

The cholesterol-lowering drug has been dished out to an extra 175,000 patients in the last six months alone after the NHS increased testing for those at risk of deadly heart conditions.

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4 w. ago Emma Willis seen for the first time after secret surgery for undiagnosed heart condition

Emma Willis posed with her husband Matt Willis at a showbiz event, just weeks after she underwent keyhole surgery after being diagnosed with a hole in her heart

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