Advice for clubs on ‘silent killer’

MEDICAL experts on sudden adult death syndrome are to offer advice to sporting clubs on the lethal disease next week.

Advice for clubs on ‘silent killer’

Bantry Blues GAA are organising a conference on the rare disease which claimed the lives of Tyrone football captain Cormac McAnallen and teenage rugby international John McCall earlier this year.

Among the speakers due to attend is a world authority on the phenomena, London-based Professor Bill McKenna. Addressing a Dublin conference recently, mainly confined to the medical profession, he recommended that teenage sports participants should have a thorough heart examination.

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