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	<title>The Cormac Trust - raising awareness of sudden cardiac arrest</title>
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		<title>The Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have recently uploaded a new version of the Forum. There have been some minor technical changes and design amendments but those users who have previously used the Forum, will still be able to log on using their existing user name anad password.
The Forum is an extremely important part of the site and we value [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecormactrust.com/2008/03/07/the-forum/</link>
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		<title>Screening Saves Lives &#8211; New Unit to open in Dublin Hospital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new dedicated unit will offer potentially life-saving screening for families affected by sudden cardiac death.
Peter Greene was an active, sporty teenager. So when he died suddenly at the age of 15, his family’s shock and grief were especially intense.
“We lost our son 10 years ago to sudden cardiac death,” explains Peter’s father, Michael.
“There was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecormactrust.com/2006/11/28/screening-saves-lives/</link>
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		<title>Armagh&#8217;s McCall family raises awareness of new cardiac clinic for young people</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The family of the Armagh schoolboy John McCall – who died as a result of a heart defect while playing rugby in 2004 – are advising all parents to have their children screened. Ian McCall this week told the Gazette that a new clinic – just launched at the University of Ulster in Jordanstown – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecormactrust.com/2006/11/09/armaghs-mccall-family-raise-awareness-of-new-cardiac-clinic-for-young-people/</link>
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		<title>Trust provides life-saving defibrillators for Cookstown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A life-saving defibrillator will be located at the Burnavon Arts &#038; Cultural Centre in Cookstown as part of an initiative to help save the lives of heart attack victims.
A further defibrillator will be located at the Mid-Ulster Sports Arena in the town.
The Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) have been supplied by the Cormac Trust which was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecormactrust.com/2006/11/08/trust-provides-life-saving-defibrillators-for-cookstown/</link>
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		<title>ECG screening slashes SCD in young athletes &#8211; Corrado v. Thompson debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Padua, Italy &#8211; The introduction of a nationwide preparticipation screening program including ECGs for young athletes in Italy has led to an almost 90% drop in sudden cardiac deaths in one region of the country. Dr Domenico Corrado (University of Padua Medical School, Italy) and colleagues report their findings in the October 4, 2006 issue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecormactrust.com/2006/10/03/ecg-screening-slashes-scd-in-young-athletes-corrado-v-thompson-debate/</link>
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		<title>NHL Ice Hockey player retires after screening reveals Long QT syndrome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rick Sadowski, Rocky Mountain News
September 30, 2006
CENTENNIAL &#8211; Few in the NHL played with as much heart as Steve Konowalchuk, making the reason he is giving up the game at age 33 so painfully ironic.
Diagnosed with long QT syndrome, a rare hereditary disorder of the heart&#8217;s electrical system, the Avalanche forward Friday announced his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecormactrust.com/2006/09/30/nhl-ice-hockey-player-retires-after-screening-reveals-long-qt-syndrome/</link>
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		<title>‘Save an Athlete&#8217; Scheme to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Arrest in US College Athletes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Heart for Sports (AFHS) announced today that it is working with Royal Philips to conduct a cardiac screening event at Loyola Marymount University (LMU), Los Angeles, that includes both electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart) exams. During the event, Philips and AHFS aim to educate LMUs NCAA Division I student athletes, athletic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecormactrust.com/2006/09/26/%e2%80%98save-an-athlete-scheme-to-prevent-sudden-cardiac-arrest-in-us-college-athletes/</link>
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		<title>The N.B.A. Is the First League to Begin Standardized Cardiac Screening</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jolted last fall by the death of one player and stung by the controversy surrounding another, the National Basketball Association is for the first time requiring standardized cardiac screening for every player.
The new rules, developed over the past year, were sent to teams this summer but were not publicized. The move is viewed as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecormactrust.com/2006/09/17/the-nba-is-the-first-league-to-begin-standardized-cardiac-screening/</link>
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		<title>Court sides with parents in wrongful death suit for 16-year-old heart victim</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CUMBERLAND — More than four years later, the parents of a 16-year-old Beall High School student who died after she suddenly collapsed in the classroom each were awarded $300,000 Friday in Allegany County Circuit Court.
Cora J. Houdersheldt and David Sines were represented by Cumberland attorneys Jason C. Buckel and S. Ramani Pillai in a jury [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecormactrust.com/2006/09/06/court-sides-with-parents-in-wrongful-death-suit-for-16-year-old-heart-victim/</link>
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		<title>American teenager saved by defibrillator &#8211; twice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fact that Allison Parker is living, breathing and walking the campus of Ithaca College is no less than miraculous.
Twice this 18-year-old from Penfield has been hit by the lightning bolt of misfortune. Twice her heart has stopped beating, and twice someone with medical training has been there to bring her back from the grip [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecormactrust.com/2006/09/05/american-teenager-saved-by-defibrillator-twice/</link>
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