Making 3D printed ears for disfigured children
6 October 2014 Last updated at 07:18 BST Five years ago, few people had heard of 3D printing, but now computer generated images are being used to create body parts. Scientists at University College...
View ArticleAnti-ageing skin treatment found by Newcastle scientists
13 February 2014 Last updated at 08:54 GMT Newcastle University researchers are working on a new product they believe may halt the process of skin ageing. They have discovered that an antioxidant which...
View ArticleJim Wells: Children's heart surgery to cease in Belfast
14 October 2014 Last updated at 13:09 BST Northern Ireland's health minister has backed the establishment of an all-Ireland children's heart surgery centre in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. Jim...
View ArticleSimpsons star Harry Shearer plays Nixon behind closed doors
31 January 2014 Last updated at 12:19 GMT Harry Shearer is best known for providing the voice of Mr Burns in The Simpsons and as Derek Smalls in spoof rock band Spinal Tap. His next role sees him take...
View ArticleFamily describes children's cross-border heart surgery experience
15 October 2014 Last updated at 18:59 BST Northern Ireland's health minister has backed the establishment of an all-Ireland children's heart surgery centre in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. It...
View ArticleLuis Suarez 'bite': Alan Shearer calls for lengthy ban
25 June 2014 Last updated at 17:06 BST Former England captain Alan Shearer has called for Liverpool and Uruguay star Luis Suarez to face "a worldwide ban" for allegedly biting Italy's Giorgio...
View ArticleDr John Mayer: Children's heart surgery on all-island basis 'would work'
14 October 2014 Last updated at 11:30 BST An international expert who has advised on the future of children's heart surgery in Northern Ireland has said there is a real willingness to make an...
View ArticleBabies' organ donor law change call
5 June 2014 Last updated at 15:26 BST The parents of an eight-month-old boy who died while waiting for a heart donation have said he could have survived if the law on baby donations had been changed....
View ArticleParents of brain tumour victim John Carter tell of organ donation anguish
10 July 2014 Last updated at 20:30 BST Parents of a brain tumour victim have spoken of their decision to donate his organs - and their joy at hearing from the man whose life was saved by his transplant...
View ArticleTransplant patient John Leveson tells of medal success
9 July 2014 Last updated at 21:30 BST A transplant patient has told how his operation gave him a second chance of life and helped him become a medal-winning cyclist. John Leveson, of Cumbria, was...
View ArticleGirl's 10-month wait for heart swap
16 August 2013 Last updated at 19:11 BST A nine-year-old Cumbrian girl is recovering after undergoing a heart transplant. Katelyn McAleavy, from Whitehaven, had waited 10 months before a suitable donor...
View ArticleSick children get new hospital suite
11 November 2013 Last updated at 23:33 GMT Work has begun on a new "home from home" for patients' families at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital. Two charities - the Children's Heart Unit Fund and The Sick...
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