Sarah Hawley BBC News, East Midlands Supplied Vanellope Hope Wilkins, now aged seven, was born with her heart outside of her body Vanellope Hope Wilkins made medical history when she was born with her heart outside of her body in 2017. Described by experts as “one of a kind”, Vanellope had three operations to place … Read more
Victoria Gill Science correspondent Kevin Church/BBC News Researchers are using specially designed games and brain-scanning ‘hats’ to work out how children develop key skills Two-year-old Henry is completely transfixed by the iPad in front of him. Every time a smiley face appears he taps the screen – and his tap transforms the face into a … Read more
BBC Doreen Adams said she was grateful to have been able to receive the new surgery Pioneering surgery to remove large brain tumours through the eyebrows of patients has been successfully carried out in Scotland. In what has been described as a “world first”, NHS Grampian said tumours the size of large apples have been … Read more
Lisa Hawker The family of a young girl say her life was saved after a pioneering study was able to diagnose her incredibly rare genetic disorder, leading to better treatment. Jaydi Hawker, 11, has a form of dwarfism thought to affect fewer than 50 people in the world. There are thousands of such genetic disorders … Read more
Rather than making sound louder, like a hearing aid, it gives the “sensation” of hearing, by directly stimulating the auditory nerve that communicates with the brain, bypassing the damaged sound-sensing hair cells in a part of the inner ear known as the cochlea. Source link
The Connemara Public Library, established in 1860, became the first ever public library in 1896. After the Act came into force, it became the State Central Library on April 1, 1950. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU The Anna Centenary Library (right), inaugurated by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on September 15, 2010, is also the State … Read more
Four women have had a landmark two-in-one operation to reduce the inherited risk of ovarian cancer. Source link
The technique uses an internal camera and aims to reduce patients’ pain and hospital stay. Source link
About 200 patients are to be offered a blood test as an alternative to colonoscopies. Source link