Northumberland Volcanic Plug

The Gothic Revival in Northumberland & County Durham

Cleft lips and palates in Northumberland and Durham.

Under present-day conditions, and particularly because of the statutory examination of all children of school age through the School Health Service. we can be certain that almost all cases of cleft lip and palate in Great Britain come to notice and are referred for surgical treatment. The exceptions are those infants who are stillborn or who die before being referred, but even of the latter a c...

Epidemiology of Childhood Leukaemia in Northumberland and Durham.

Our understanding of the aetiology of leukaemia is progressing rapidly. Differentiation of chronic myeloid leukaemia through an abnormal chromosome 21, a high risk of acute leukaemia in mongols, again with anomalies of chromosome 21, a demonstrated association between the risk of leukaemia and the dose of radiation received, and between therapeutic irradiation and chromosomal anomalies, indicat...

To plug or not to plug?

Coronary artery disease remains a common problem in industrialized countries. Percutaneous coronary interventions are usually performed utilizing the femoral approach. Arterial puncture-closing devices have been developed in hope to avoid manual compression and shortening the period of rest. In a recent meta-analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association these devices have shown on...

Volcanic Eruptions