Updated 5:28am 17 May 2012

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Helen Rae

South Tyneside hospital's pride in emergency centre

PATIENTS in the region are set to benefit from a new emergency care centre.Read

Transplant child Lydia Sayle loses fight for life

LITTLE Lydia Sayle has lost her fight for life. In July this year the one year-old-received a new heart from Croatia after a desperate global appeal was launched to help save her.Read

Experts welcome plan for people to take control

HEALTH experts in the North East have welcomed Government plans to get people to take more responsibility for their own health and well being.Read

North health bosses hit back at death rates

HIGH death rates have been exposed at several leading North East hospitals, a claim fiercely denied by health bosses last night.Read

Anger over 90% wage increase for health boss

A HEALTH boss has been awarded a 90% pay rise while hundreds of staff at his trust are set to be made redundant.Read

More expertise for children in North East hospital's

CHILDREN and young adults in need of specialist medical care are set to benefit from a pioneering partnership between hospital trusts in the region.Read

North doctor who fiddled timesheets is jailed

A DISGRACED doctor is behind bars for dishonestly receiving more than £23,000 in false payments from his health bosses.Read

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New health scheme will target North East pensioners

PENSIONERS in the North East are set to benefit from a pioneering new scheme aimed at helping transform their health and wellbeing.Read

Hopes rise of ovarian cancer breakthrough

A PIONEERING test that shows which ovarian cancer patients will benefit from a new type of drug has been developed by North East scientists.Read

Bonfire night hailed a success in the region

BONFIRE Night has been hailed a success after no major incidents were reported in the region.Read

Heart transplant tot Lydia Sayle returns home

BRAVE toddler Lydia Rose Sayle has been given the all-clear and spent her first night at home since her last-gasp heart transplant.Read

Eight-year-old Mabel gets glasses to combat dyslexia

A YOUNGSTER hopes to look at the world through rose-tinted glasses – in a bid to tackle her dyslexia.Read

Elise Featherstone, 13, of Ashington, with Dr Pixie McKenna, of TV's Embarrassing Bodies

Ashington girl's injection pen wins national acclaim

A DIABETIC teenager made it to the final of a national competition for her design of an injection device aimed at helping other youngsters with the condition.Read

Trial bids to help North East's stroke victims

STROKE patients in the North East are set to benefit from a pioneering medical trial which could revolutionise the way paramedics treat the condition.Read

Battling Cameron Angus back home at last

A BOY who has been battling a life-threatening brain tumour has returned to his family and friends after a gruelling bout of hospital treatment.Read

Cramlington family upset by £200m hospital plans

A FAMILY’S dream home could soon be ruined by the building of a new emergency care hospital just yards from their house.Read

Carol Grayson hits out at Government over blood scandal

A WIDOW who was instrumental in securing an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal has hit out at Government for refusing to give higher compensation payments to those affected by the tragedy.Read

Primary Care Trust decision delights the union chiefs

COMMUNITY health services in the North East are to be taken over by hospital trusts after moves to privatise them fell through.Read

Professor Tom Kirkwood of Newcastle University's Institute for Ageing and Health

Top scientist claims cuts will set region back decades

A WORLD-LEADING scientist from the North East has warned that the region will be set back decades unless the Government takes the difficult decision to safeguard research funds.Read

NHS services

New drugs hope for sufferers of Alzheimer's disease

PATIENTS suffering early stages of dementia in the North East were given new hope today after a health watchdog performed a drugs U-turn.Read

Author Profile

Helen Rae is our Health Reporter and is interested in all aspects of healthy living. She writes the weekly Your Health section which appears every Monday in the Chronicle, and is an experienced senior reporter.

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