Helen Ford
Correspondent at ITV
Health Correspondent for ITV Tyne Tees and presenter for ITV Tyne Tees and Border https://t.co/tJKWcSNHNL
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1 month ago |
itv.com | Helen Ford
Health Correspondent Helen Ford spend the day with Andrew Haley, whose life has changed beyond recognition as a result of Long CovidLong Covid. It is a condition that did not exist before the pandemic but which has become all too familiar. It is an umbrella term that refers to the wide variety of long term symptoms experienced by some people, months after having Covid-19.
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Dec 5, 2024 |
itv.com | Helen Ford
Helen Ford has been speaking to one woman who credits her life to a lung cancer screening programmeAround 500 lung cancers have been detected in a North East patient screening programme, according to the NHS. The checks are for people at higher risk of developing the disease because they are, or have been, smokers. Finding lung cancer at an early stage, often before symptoms appear, gives doctors a greater chance of successfully treating it.
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Nov 25, 2024 |
neurologylive.com | Rachel Horne |Helen Ford |MBChB Hons
For Helen Ford, MD, MBChB Hons, FRCP, a multiple sclerosis (MS) specialist in England, it was the COVID-19 lockdowns that made her realize how vulnerable her patients with MS were to domestic violence and abuse (DVA). In the United Kingdom, as in many countries, people were encouraged to stay home to slow the spread of the virus.
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Oct 24, 2024 |
itv.com | Helen Ford
Health Correspondent Helen Ford has been finding out how artificial intelligence is being used to strengthen early diagnosis of lung cancers and other lung conditionsAI technology is being introduced across North East hospitals in a bid to catch lung cancers earlier and save lives. The artificial intelligence tool is being added to regular X-ray kit to provide a 'second pair of eyes' for clinicians when analysing images. Detecting lung cancers at an earlier stage means they are more treatable.
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Oct 22, 2024 |
itv.com | Helen Ford
Teams at a Newcastle hospital have become the first in the world to trial a medical tool which uses artificial intelligence to help predict how quickly burns will heal. The device, known as DeepView, is being tested at the Northern Regional Burn Centre, at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI), with the aim of bringing benefits to staff and patients. The tool can be used from the day of a person's injury, providing information about the burn which cannot be seen by eye.
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"It's like I'm living the life of somebody else" - Newcastle man Andrew Haley on the far-reaching effects of Long Covid. We mark five years since the first lockdown and hear Andrew's story at 6pm @itvtynetees https://t.co/khpDp7vCo9
The countdown to the opening - later this year - of a long-awaited new hospital in Berwick #NorthumbriaNHS https://t.co/83UIeNGWik
Around 400 people volunteer their time at hospitals across @NorthumbriaNHS Why do they do it and what contribution do they make? Watch my report for ITVX here: https://t.co/a4XSsc7pee https://t.co/l4qvWadIO1
