A stroke treatment trial has produced results that clinicians have described as “phenomenal”. An implanted device sends electrical pulses via a nerve to the brain, stimulating it to bypass damaged areas. Colin Clough, who is on the trial, can now use his left hand which had been “dead” since his stroke a year ago. Trial […]
There “remains a risk of further deaths” from robotic heart surgery, a coroner has warned during an inquest into a man’s death. Stephen Pettitt, 69, died after an operation led by Sukumaran Nair at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, in 2015. He was the first patient in the UK to undergo the pioneering treatment. Recording a […]