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  • 13.07.2008 - Sunday Sun

    Champion Team from Ward 24 of Newcastle General Hospital

    ANGELS on earth is how the staff on Newcastle General Hospitals Ward 24 were described by their nominator. Consultant Juliet Hale proudly picked up the award on behalf of her team that treats children and teenagers with cancer, in particular those suffering from brain tumours.

  • 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.

  • 05.06.2008 - BBC News Wales

    Transplant boy progressing well

    Doctors treating a seven-year-old boy with a rare genetic illness say they are pleased with his progress.

  • 04.06.2008 - Sky News

    Rhys Harris: Boy In A Bubble Goes Home From Newcastle General Hospital

    A seven-year-old boy who has spent two months in an airtight 'bubble' is going home at last. Rhys Harris: A changed boy Rhys Harris has been suffering from a rare killer illness called Nauclear Encoding Essential Modulator - or Nemo for short.

  • 03.06.2008 - Mail on Sunday

    Boy cured of 'terminal illness' which meant just a kiss could have killed him

    Young Rhys Harris is the first child in Britain to be cured of a rare illness that should have killed him - thanks to space-age medical technology. The brave seven-year-old suffered from the rare genetic disease called Nemo which crippled his immune system and left him dying.

  • 02.06.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle

    I spoke to many families who have been through difficult times. It is very humbling. Its amazing how well people cope

    A special charity appeal that will help scores of sick children in the region is halfway to reaching its £470,000 target. Health Reporter HELEN RAE takes a look JUST weeks ago football hero Alan Shearer pledged his support to help transform the lives of children needing treatment at Newcastleâ s Royal...

  • 01.06.2008 - Sunday People

    'MY LITTLE BOY SCREAMED IN AGONY..HE COULDN'T EVEN BEAR ME TO CUDDLE HIM. IT WAS A MUM'S NIGHTMARE'

    'My little boy screamed in agony..he couldn't even bear me to cuddle him. It was a mum's nightmare' BRAVEST of the BRAVE MAN OF THE PEOPLE FUND BACKS THE CHARITIES WHO SUPPORT FAMILIES OF INSPIRATIONAL KIDSBy Bethany UsherDesperately ill tot Harry Callaghan was in such agony he could not even bear his doting.

  • 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 - Sunderland Echo

    Sister's gift of life

    Liam Seymour planted a well-deserved kiss on the cheek of sister Stephanie after she gave him the gift of life.

  • 10.04.2008 - Liverpool Echo

    Brave Jack steps closer to going home

    :: To read Jack's online diary click here ITS the day Jack Close has been waiting for. After spending six weeks in isolation following a bone marrow transplant, he has now been allowed to step outside.

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