A heart unit that pioneered a technique the government says could save hundreds of lives a year, says it will have to expand to cope with demand.
Middlesbrough’s James Cook Hospital was part of a trail using emergency angioplasty on heart attack victims.
Last month, a Department of Health study concluded the trial had been a success.
Surgeons are drilling holes in the wrong side of people’s heads during brain surgery despite a warning issued three years ago.
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A revolutionary laser which could fight cancer has been developed by British scientists.
The device, which has been compared to a Star Wars light sabre, could be routinely used on patients in NHS hospitals within the next five years, according to the researchers.
A top surgeon who has dedicated his career to discovering a cure for skin cancer has lost years of critical research after callous thieves stole his laptop.
Tom Chapman, 35, has spent more than a decade studying how skin cancer manifests and spreads - and believes he was on the verge of a vital breakthrough.
His work was held on a laptop which was stolen when his car was nicked.
The parents of a 17-month-old girl have told how surgeons used glue to seal tiny brain blood vessels that were threatening her life.
Laura and Ryan Honeyman, from Horsford in Norfolk, first took their daughter Ella-Grace to France, then to the US to improve her survival chances.
A five-year-old girl who suffered from severe epilepsy has been transformed by an operation that removed half her brain.
Constant epileptic activity left Brooklyn Bauer walking on her knees and speaking in two-word phrases, and three years of different treatments had failed to help.
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