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02.10.2009 - BBC News Tyne
Work is due to begin on a dedicated transplant centre in Tyneside, described as the first of its kind in the UK.
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ANDREW Gilmore would spend 20 hours a day in bed as Parkinson?s tore his life apart ? today his amazing recovery gives hope to all sufferers.
The businessman is back on his feet and back in charge of his central heating firm, three years after feari
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21.10.2008 - Mail Online UK
Every year, around 10,000 Britons go deaf in one ear as a result of nerve damage. Conventional hearing aids, which amplify sound, cannot help. Christopher Burn, 61, a parking enforcement officer from Gateshead, underwent a new procedure, as he tel
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28.08.2008 - The Northern Echo
A LEADING eye specialist has praised health bosses for investment that means North- East patients have been the first in the country to get sight-saving treatment.
This week, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) rec
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15.08.2008 - The Standard
A single injection to cure rheumatoid arthritis could be available within five years. The treatment, being developed by British scientists, works like a vaccine. Cells are taken from the body, altered, and then injected back into the affected joint. A team at Newcastle University will test the vacci
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13.08.2008 - Telegraph
Rheumatoid arthritis is difficult to treat because it is caused by a malfunctioning immune system Photo: PAUL GROVER The treatment works like a vaccine and could be available within five years. Cells would be taken from the body, altered, and injected ba
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29.07.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Macmillan Cancer Support has funded a new head and neck cancer nurse specialist. Health Reporter HELEN RAE finds out more. A NURSE has been appointed to offer expertise to those living with cancer in the region. Macmillan Cancer Support has employed new head
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11.06.2008 - Hartlepool Mail
BY the time the average person is 70, they will have taken at least 600 million breaths. But what happens when your breathing goes wrong? Who is there to help? A newly formed group in Hartlepool called Breathe Easy is one answer. CHRIS CORDNER met the team. A FLEDGLING group is fast becomin
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10.06.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
A North East expert in ageing has been honoured. Health Reporter HELEN RAE explains. A RESEARCH centre that will make the North East a world leader in the study of Alzheimer???s disease has been named after a Tyneside university professor. The ??8m Edwardson Bui
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03.06.2008 - Newcastle University
Professor John Isaacs of Newcastle University and consultant rheumatologist at the Freeman Hospital is being honoured for his work with patients living with Rheumatoid Arthritis. John Isaacs, will today be presented with a Healthcar
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31.05.2008 - Northeast Journal
ARESEARCH centre which will make the North a world leader in the study of Alzheimer???s disease has opened. Newcastle University???s Institute for Ageing and Health campus at Newcastle General Hospital is part of a redevelopment of the site. Professor Jim Edwardson, w
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21.04.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
brought to sufferers of digestive system disease - ChronicleLive 21 April 2008: 4:11pm Visit our other sites: // linkTargets new linkTargets[0] linkTargets[1] linkTargets[2] linkTargets[3] linkTargets[4] linkTargets[5] // Get i
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07.04.2008 - Chronicle Live
Health reporter HELEN RAE speaks to the mum of the youngest child to have a cochlear implant in the North East
SMILING for the camera little Faith Usher-Curry looks like any child her age as she excitedly reads a book with her mum.
But up until May last y
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15.03.2008 - Red Orbit
A MAJOR advance in understanding and treating the hidden epidemic of falls and fatigue has been made by researchers in Newcastle. One of the most common reasons for older people visiting doctors and hospitals in the UK is falling. Broken bones and other consequences of falls alone, including the nee
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18.02.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Diabetes is a debilitating and often dangerous condition, but thanks to a new treatment the risk of low blood sugar is being minimised. Health reporter JANE PICKEN spoke to one Tyneside patient about its benefits MUM-of-two Tracy Halpins life c
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15.02.2008 - The Journal
Helpers sought for study into knee condition by Audrey Barton, The Journal PEOPLE in the North East are needed to help research investigating whether a simple dose of Vitamin D can prevent osteoarthritis. Sixty-five people are already taking part in a study, e
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12.02.2008 - The Northern Echo
DIABETIC patients in the North-East are likely to be among the first to benefit from a revolutionary new way of treating the disease.
The Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust has been named as one of six centres in the UK where the new treatment will be offered t
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20.12.2007 - The Journal
PLANS to transform the Newcastle General Hospital site with a Campus for Ageing and Vitality have been submitted to the city council. The planning application is proposed as health services are switched to the Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Freeman Hospital from
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28.11.2007 - ThirdAge
" Watching weight, posture awareness can prevent or limit joint problems. go A pioneering study could produce a simple test for predicting crippling arthritis in later life within five years. The investigation is the largest ever undertaken to identify the genetic causes of a common disease. Scien
