SCIENTISTS in the North East are among the first in the world to identify a rare syndrome which devastates the immune system, leading to potentially life-threatening diseases.Read
A PIONEERING centre has opened in the North East to research people’s sleep patterns in the hope of developing a better understanding into the causes of insomnia.Read
LEADING medical professionals in the North East have criticised a radical Government shake-up of the NHS, claiming the controversial plans could severely compromise patient care.Read
NICK Clegg was last night under fire from business leaders after he pledged to "transform" the opportunities for fathers to take time off work to spend with their children.Read
ALCOHOL campaigners are launching a new bid to persuade people in the North East to stop putting their health at serious risk by regularly drinking more than official guidance recommends.Read
HOSPITALS in the North East are having to postpone operations to free up critical care beds as the rising number of swine flu patients swamp wards.Read
A BUILDER from Northumberland is set to embark on the journey of a lifetime when he hitchhikes thousands of miles to Ghana to raise money for an orphanage.Read
HEALTH professionals failed to warn a social worker who was almost stabbed to death that a psychiatric patient had threatened to kill her on several occasions, an independent probe has revealed.Read
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.
