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HEALTH SPECIAL
January 2017
‘Healthy eating has so many benefits’ YOUTUBE STAR
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HASGHTAG WINNING Polo club reveal all
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SHAKKA Talks chat up lines
Save nine lives this new year
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DECLAN MCKENNA The next big thing?
Student explains why donation is critical @ AMY DENMAN
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A Sheffield Hallam student is the youngest person in the UK with a battery-powered heart, but he has not let that stop him from living life to the fullest. Jim Lynskey was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy as a child, a condition in which the heart can struggle to pump blood around the body efficiently. The food marketing management student has a device installed in his left ventricle to keep his heart beating
while he waits for a transplant. The instrument, which helps Jim’s heart pump, is powered by a battery during the day and is plugged into the mains overnight. ‘It’s a bit annoying that you’re literally attached to the wall,’ he told the British Heart Foundation. ‘It’s hard to sleep at night, because of the humming noise of the device, and part of it can get really hot.’ Jim, whose condition was caused by viral meningitis as a child, has now started up his own charity campaign, Save9Lives, to encourage
The whole Save9Lives campaign has a big impact on my positivity
Jim Lynskey, Sheffield Hallam
others to donate their organs and potentially save lives. Since launching the campaign, Jim has raised more than £4,000 for Cardiomyopathy UK, a charity which raises money to help support people who are living with the condition. Jim said: ‘The whole Save9Lives campaign has a big impact on my positivity. ‘It’s amazing for me to see the amount of money that I’ve raised, the donations I’ve had. ‘I’ve got my fingers crossed that the best is still to come.’
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BUCS SUPER RUGBY The road to Twickenham
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