A woman is preparing to take part in the world's first clinical trial aimed at treating broken heart syndrome. Brenda Young, 57, developed the condition while watching her mother pass away following a complex illness last November. The University of Aberdeen has launched the first ever trial to treat Takotsubo Syndrome - also known as broken heart syndrome. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy affects more than 5,000 people in the UK each year and countless more across the globe - and it can prove fatal,