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• 28.08.2008 - The Northern Echo

  Eye specialist praises health chiefs for treatment work

  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.

• 14.08.2008 - The Standard

  Arthritis cure hope in a single shot

  A single injection to cure rheumatoid arthritis could be available within five years. The treatment, being developed by British scientists, works like a vaccine.

• 13.08.2008 - Telegraph

  One injection cure for arthritis within five years

  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.

• 29.07.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle

  Cancer nurse takes on special role in Newcastle

  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.

• 11.06.2008 - Hartlepool Mail

  A breath of fresh air

  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.

• 09.06.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle

  Your Health: World leader in healthy ageing

  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 Alzheimerâ s disease has been named after a Tyneside university professor.

• 03.06.2008 - Newcastle University

  Newcastle Rheumatologist Receives Award for Services to Patients

  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.

• 31.05.2008 - Northeast Journal

  Alzheimers team gets £8m new labs

  ARESEARCH centre which will make the North a world leader in the study of Alzheimerâ s disease has opened. Newcastle Universityâ s Institute for Ageing and Health campus at Newcastle General Hospital is part of a redevelopment of the site.

• 21.04.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle

  Your Health: Hope brought to sufferers of digestive system disease

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• 07.04.2008 - Liverpool Echo

  I was focused on what I could do to help my daughter hear

  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.