In A speech he made in March last year, Alex Salmond cited Scotland’s first first minister Donald Dewar who said devolution was about more than our politics and our laws.

Scottish researchers are ­moving closer to finding new ways of diagnosing and treating patients with debilitating bowel conditions.

ALLOWING teenagers going through puberty even a little alcohol could increase their chances of becoming heavy drinkers in later life, according to a new report.

Campaigners are calling on the Scottish Government to change its policy of having only single rooms in new hospitals following concerns about the negative effects on patients.

A WOMAN branded morbidly obese by her GP has lost 21 stone in weight after an embarrassing trip to the dentists forced her to act.

THE first baby in the world born using a revolutionary IVF technique which greatly increases the chances of success is to be delivered in Scotland next month.

A LEADING heart hospital has defended the quality of its ­surgery after figures appeared to show high mortality rates.

SCOTTISH scientists have developed a new technique for detecting potentially-fatal bootleg whisky.

WHEN aromatherapist Geraldine Howard was diagnosed with cancer she turned to the power of essential oils to get her through the darkest days

AN IVF technique that involves collecting thousands of snapshots of a developing embryo can help avoid miscarriages and improve live birth success, it is claimed.

A CANCER drug tested on patients in Edinburgh has been found to significantly improve the treatment of the most common type of adult leukaemia.

THE number of young people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes has rocketed in the past 20 years, according to new research.

SCIENTISTS and doctors should examine why the number of children with educational difficulties such as autism has risen fourfold over just ten years, the education secretary has said.

This week the Scottish Government announced that couples who need help to conceive will benefit from an IVF shake-up.

A CANCER patient is considering moving to England to get free access to drugs she cannot be prescribed on the NHS in Scotland.

ONE of the obstacles to human cloning has been cleared by scientists who have successfully used skin to generate embryonic stem cells.

A LINK between epilepsy and autism has been discovered for the first time, new research shows.

SMOKERS, drinkers and the obese will be denied access to IVF until they improve their lifestyles, under strict new guidance for the NHS in Scotland.

AN EXTRA 150 ambulance technicians will be starting work across Scotland as a result of a recruitment drive introduced after a trainee chose not to respond to an emergency because he was on a meal break.

WOMEN live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly, a study suggests.