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New virtual reality technology could help repair hearts

New virtual reality (VR) technology could improve outcomes for the thousands of patients who undergo surgery for heart defects present from birth. Every day in the UK around 13 babies are diagnosed with congenital heart disease – heart conditions ...

15 Feb 2022 at 20:25

Family

‘Doctors said my son was healthy when he had a heart condition – if I hadn’t pushed for a diagnosis, he could have died’

A mother who felt “deceived” as she was repeatedly told by doctors her baby was “healthy” when he had a heart condition which could have killed him will take on the London Marathon to fundraise for the charity that saved her son’s life. Katie ...

05 Apr 2024 at 06:30

Health

Dad who said NHS ‘negligence’ left him ‘scarred for life’ let down further after resolution meeting recording failed

A taxi driver has said his treatment for a heart problem has left him “scarred for life” due to NHS “negligence”, adding that he feels even more let down after the hospital failed to record the resolution meeting he hoped would put his mind ...

15 Jul 2024 at 10:00

Health

Dad saved by fellow cyclist after near-fatal cardiac arrest during triathlon to return and finish the race he started

A father saved by a doctor cycling behind him after he collapsed and suffered a near-fatal cardiac arrest during the Blenheim Palace Triathlon is preparing to finish the race he started – three years after his miraculous survival. Chris ...

20 May 2024 at 06:30

Health

‘It’s so ironic’: Girl ‘born with broken heart’ on Valentine’s due to rare condition celebrates fifth birthday this year

A girl who was “born with a broken heart” on Valentine’s Day due to a rare heart condition is celebrating her fifth birthday this year. Jayna Bhudia’s daughter Radhika was born with a condition called Tetralogy of Fallot – a group of ...

14 Feb 2025 at 06:30

Low iron in pregnancy linked to newborn heart disease in ‘gamechanger’ discovery

Women who suffer from low iron levels in pregnancy are much more likely to have a baby with heart disease, experts have found in a “gamechanger” discovery. For the first time, researchers have linked anaemia in early pregnancy and ...

23 Apr 2025 at 08:00

Woman becomes longest survivor of heart and lung transplant

The UK’s longest-surviving heart and lung transplant recipient has described how she was given the “gift of a normal life”. Katie Mitchell had a combined heart and lung transplant 38 years ago. The 53-year-old from Sidcup in ...

14 Oct 2025 at 07:04

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