1.   DOCTORS are hoping to persuade North-East sportsmen to set aside the magic sponge for more sophisticated medical techniques.

2.   Doctors hope she will soon be well enough to be transferred to Darlington Memorial Hospital.

3.   A drug that doctors had hoped would benefit stroke patients does little good and may even make things worse, a new study reports.

4.   After taking X-rays, the doctor hoped to put the boy at ease by explaining the surgery, in simple terms, step by step.

5.   But doctors hope the new choices will enable many patients to delay their use of the mainstay drug, levodopa or L-dopa.

6.   But earlier studies were shorter term, and many doctors hoped that the cognitive losses would be temporary.

7.   By implanting fetal nerve tissue, doctors hope to slow the progression of cord damage in a paralyzed man with a rare, degenerative condition.

8.   By trying different pills in different combinations, doctors hope to stay one step ahead as the deadly microbe tries to mutate into drug-resistant forms.

9.   Doctors hope hand transplants will become as standard as other organ transplants.

10.   Doctors hope she is young enough to be successfully treated.