One Curable Disease.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

This is a disease that I would like to see go away. So many people are diagnosed with this disease every year. About 1 in 500 have this  condition that effects the heart. Athletes with this condition can no longer do extraneous and competitive activities. That would include swimming, football, gymnastics, track and field, cross country, basketball, baseball, etc. 

This condition causes sudden cardiac arrest, which in some cases, causes death. About

               

              Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease in which the heart muscle (myocardium) becomes abnormally thick — or hypertrophied. This thickened heart muscle can make it harder for the heart to pump blood. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may also affect the heart's electrical system.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy often goes undiagnosed, because many of those with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have few, if any, symptoms. In a small number of people with this condition, the thickened heart muscle can cause signs and symptoms, such as shortness of breath and problems in the heart's electrical system resulting in life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias).

Fortunately, people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy often lead normal lives with no significant problems.

Unfortunately, very last sentence is somewhat incorrect. The athletes that are fortunate enough to have been diagnosed with this condition before it took their lives are still here to live, breathe, talk, you know, what humans do. But, they are not able to do any of the sports they were able to do before. This happened to me, and it's very emotional because I loved to run. I did track and I absolutely loved it. 
    Advertising for this particular condition is relatively hard to do because not everyone knows about this disease. There are support groups, though. http://www.4hcm.org/ is a prime example of one of these support groups. I urge you to check it out because there are way more facts given in this website than are listed here.