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30.11.2009 - Putting information At The Service Of Medicine
-- Pioneering research using human brain tissue removed from people suffering from epilepsy has opened the door to new treatments for the disease.
Scientists at Newcastle University have for the first time been able to record spontaneous epileptic activity in bra
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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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28.09.2009 - Journal Live
As a world-leading centre for cancer patients opens in the North East, health correspondent Helen Rae gets an exclusive look around.
FROM the outside its impressive entrance looks more like a exclusive hotel than a life-saving centre.
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26.09.2009 - Journal Live
Today The Journal launches a campaign to get people to sign up to the NHS organ donor list. HANNAH DAVIES speaks to a mother-of-three on what a transplant will mean for her
Click here to register as an NHS organ donor online or telephone (0300) 123 23 23
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11.08.2009 - Journal Live
SWAP op miracle man Kez Greenwood clutches his athletics medals ?- just a few months after being told he had 48 hours to live.
Kez won both the shot put and discus events at the UK Transplant Games.
He had suffered from cardiomyopathy ? a disease of the h
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31.07.2009 - BBC News West Yorkshire
A baby who was given only months to live unless she received a new heart has returned home after a transplant.
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13.03.2009 - BBC News
Two sick babies have received new hearts within minutes of each other at the same Tyneside Hospital.
Ellen Walsh, 10 months, and Patrick Skinner, two, both of North Tyneside, are recovering after the operations at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital on Monday.
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27.02.2009 - Journal Live
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A MOTHER suffering from breast cancer is set to start clinical trials at Sir Bobby Robson?s new centre for research into the disease ? inspired by the former Newcastle manager.
Sally Ann Fenwick, of Hexham, Northumberland, was diagnosed with th
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27.12.2008 - Journal Live
A BABY whose life was saved by Viagra has started walking. Lewis Goodfellow was born 16 weeks prematurely weighing 1lb 8oz at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
The tot?s body was not working properly and he was struggling to carry oxygen around his system. So medics use
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10.12.2008 - Journal Live
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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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15.11.2008 - The Sun
BATTLING Chloe Wilson is dwarfed by her cuddly toy after being born at TWENTY-THREE weeks. The 1lb 2oz miracle whose tragic twin Ellie died came into the world just days older than the youngest-ever surviving premature baby. Medics held out little hope after mum Michelle gave b
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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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01.10.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
HE has spent his short life coping with a debilitating muscle-wasting disease. But there is a glimmer of hope for youngster Lee Armstrong as he has become one of the first youngsters in the world to take part in a new drug trial to try to combat his illness. The 10-ye
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28.09.2008 - The Northern Echo
THE North-East hosts an annual gathering of muscle disease experts from over the world next week.
The 13th World Muscle Society Congress coincides with a 50th anniversary of Lord John Walton's ground-breaking muscle disease research in Newcastle.
The Ne
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17.09.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
TWICE as many swap-ops are set to be carried out on Tyneside, making it Europe???s transplant capital. Newcastle???s Freeman Hospital will become a world leader if designs for a ??26m Institute of Transplantation are given the go-ahead t
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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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11.08.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
A children???s charity has given a grant to a Tyneside doctor for research into identical twins. AILSA MACMILLAN examines how the medical study has helped further child healthcare today. TWINS from the region are helping medical research into the health and w
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05.08.2008 - Times Online
A newborn baby was saved from kidney failure after a paediatrician built a dialysis machine for her in his garage.
Millie Kelly was given little chance of surviving her first weeks when she suffered kidney failure after a lifesaving operation.
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17.07.2008 - News Guardian
Nine-year-old Chloe Allan from Queens Crescent is involved in the project, which uses tailor-made computer games an
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09.07.2008 - Whitehaven News
A CUMBRIAN couple are among the first to be expecting a baby after taking part in a world-first IVF scheme at Newcastle. In total, four Cumbrian couples were found suitable and one of them is now expecting a baby in the autumn. They have received cut-price IVF treatmen
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09.07.2008 - Northeast Journal
CHILDREN with cerebral palsy are being encouraged to play computer games in a pioneering way to help treat the condition. Ten North East families are taking part in the therapy trials using specially-written software and hi-tech Nintendo Wii remote co
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08.07.2008 - Northeast Journal
THE family of a little girl who suffers from a rare genetic disorder has launched a fundraising campaign in a bid to find a cure for her condition. Toddler Emily Kate Jackson is playful and adventurous, but just weeks ago she was airlifted to intensive care battling through a two hour ep
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03.06.2008 - Mail on Sunday
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
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20.05.2008 - Northeast Journal
NORTH East scientists conducting research into animal-human hybrid embryos last night won the go-ahead to expand their pioneering work. The House of Commons backed continuing the research amid hopes it will lead to treatments and cures for illnesses such mot
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21.04.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
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21.04.2008 - Guardian Science
Scientists have found a way to store and grow a woman's immature eggs in the laboratory using a technique which could be used to protect the fertility of women undergoing chemotherapy.
Anti-cancer drugs can often destroy the ovary's folli
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08.04.2008 - Chronicle Live
Colleagues Helen Simms and Bridget Major have turned their experience of breast cancer around to raise awareness of the condition. Health reporter Helen Rae explains.
BREAST cancer affects many women in the region and can be a devastating ill
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22.03.2008 - Daily Mail
TV personalities Des Lynam and Jim Rosenthal will help Sir Bobby, who is currently fighting cancer for the fifth time, host the launch event. Money raised over the next 12 months will help equip a new Cancer Trials Research Centre at Newcastle's Freeman
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18.03.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
by Jane Picken, Evening Chronicle From cowskin and horse blood to Viagra and yoghurt, medics on Tyneside are using weird and wonderful things to save patients???????????? lives. Health reporter Jane Picken finds out more. AS A severely premature baby clinging on to life, little Lewis Good
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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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14.03.2008 - Northern Echo
A North-East hospital is pioneering the use of a portable artificial heart. Health Editor Barry Nelson reports IMAGINE lugging your own beating heart around with you on what looks like a small suitcase on wheels. Sounds frightening, like something out of science
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29.02.2008 - Northern Echo
A free event to raise awareness of stem cell research will be held in the region later this month. Health Editor Barry Nelson reports that stem cell therapy is already being used and discovers that the North-East is leading the way internationally FEW people realise that stem cell t
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28.02.2008 - Medical News Today
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Cancer Research UK scientists at Newcastle University are starting the first UK trial of a new drug which targets the 'Achilles' heel' in hereditary forms of both breast a
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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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29.01.2008 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
CANCER survivor Mary Jennings is leading scores of patients and their families in backing our bid to raise cash for a Tyneside Maggies Centre. Weve teamed up with the charity to call on readers and local businesses to help bring the centre, which will be a haven for p
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23.01.2008 - Mail on Sunday
Abigail Hall was born with just one heart chamber - a normal healthy heart has two - and was put onto the transplant waiting list. But when a potential donor fell through and the three-year-old's condition deteriorated rapidly, her p
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11.01.2008 - Sunderland Echo
Severely disabled, the teenager has a condition that stops his muscles from developing properly.Although his brain is no different from any other 14-year-old's, his condition, arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, means he is paralysed from the neck down.This time last y
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10.01.2008 - Daily Mail
Toddler Ollie Drew is hoping for a heart transplant this year. Aged just 14-months-old, Ollie is the only person in the country to be kept alive with an artificial heart. Ollie has been attached to the Berlin Heart for 67 days at London'
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02.01.2008 - The Bolton News
A BABY who has been living in a 'bubble' since October is being released from hospital this week - and his parents will finally be able to give him a kiss. Logan Wilkieson, aged nine months, from Horwich, has a rare condition which affects his immune system and the sli
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15.12.2007 - Hindustan Times
Britain gave the go ahead on Wednesday for human cloning, granting a licence to scientists bidding to become the first in Europe to create stem cells used in medical research from a cloned human embryo.
The green light was given to scientists from the Centre for Life at Newcastle University, northe
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14.12.2007 - Sunday Mirror
Zoe Chambers giggles at her cuddly snowman and grabs at the Christmas baubles. She kicks her legs excitedly as big brother Dylan, just home from his school nativity play, opens the chocolate advent calendar for her. It's a heartwarming festive family scene - one t
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04.12.2007 - Mail on Sunday
Quads Markus, Lucas, Harrison and Lara Miller-Snee will all turn one and their parents Emma Miller and Melanie Snee admit it's been a busy 12 months. The couple, from Houghton le Spring, County Durham, who have been together for more than a
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28.11.2007 - Daily Mail
Little Andrew McAskie has entered the record books after having a heart transplant at just five weeks old. The tot suffered a heart attack during birth and was on the brink of death until surgeons were forced to operate. Yesterday h
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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
