Sharon Barbour
Health Correspondent, Producer and Presenter at BBC
BBC Health Correspondent Producer & Presenter. Medical Journalist Assn Feature of 2024, RTS Journalist of the Year, Prod/Director The Wahine Disaster
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.co.uk | Sharon Barbour
Image source, KromekImage caption, The technology shows cancer more clearly, developers sayHealth correspondent, North East and CumbriaA prototype scanner designed to detect cancerous tumours in women with dense breast tissue could "ultimately save more lives", researchers say. Dense tissue shows up as white on mammograms, but tumours are also white - so they can be hard to detect.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Sharon Barbour
'Cancer diagnosis at 19 left me feeling isolated'Sharon BarbourHealth correspondent, North East and CumbriaFamily photoJake Adams was diagnosed with a brain tumour at 19 Jake Adams always dreamed of being a sports journalist, but while studying for his qualification at university in 2019 he was diagnosed with brain cancer at 19. After undergoing surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, he was told he was tumour free. But his cancer returned and is now incurable.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
bbc.com | Sharon Barbour
'My eye was saved by a placenta after acid attack'Sharon BarbourBBC North East and Cumbria health correspondentBBCPaul Laskey's eye has been saved with the help of a donated placentaA donated placenta has been used to help save a man's eye after an acid attack. Acid was squirted into Paul Laskey's face causing severe chemical burns to his eye, "melting" both the inner and outer layers of his cornea.
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Feb 11, 2025 |
bbc.com | Sharon Barbour
'Future generations need cure' for brain disorderSharon BarbourHealth Correspondent, North East and CumbriaBBCSamantha Dennison is at least the fourth generation of her family to have neuroferritinopathy, but her daughter has escaped itA woman who is at least the fourth generation of her family to suffer a "cruel" brain disorder, which leaves people trapped in their own bodies, is hoping a drug trial can give hope to future patients.
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Sep 29, 2024 |
bbc.co.uk | Sharon Barbour
The family of a young girl with cancer say they face a race against time to get her potentially life-saving care abroad. Annabel Ashmore, from Gateshead, needs to start a two-year drug treatment by November to reduce the risk of her aggressive stage four high-risk neuroblastoma (HRN) returning, her parents said. The medication is awaiting approval by the NHS for use in the UK so the five-year-old's parents, Mike and Libby Ashmore, are raising £105,000 to access it in the USA.
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