ONE in five students considers themselves to have a mental health problem and around one in eight has suicidal thoughts, a survey has found.

A LEADING cancer charity has hit out at “enormous inequality” in the way that Scots suffering from the disease are prescribed new medicines.

HEALTH bosses have been accused of putting lives at risk by refusing to offer a groundbreaking drug to thousands of Lothian heart attack patients.

More than a third of calls to a confidential phone line which allows health workers in Scotland to raise concerns about NHS practices have come from other parts of the UK.

A CHARITY has called for a type of breast cancer testing to be available in Scotland as well as England and Wales.

Last week at the Scottish Parliament, the presence of bowel cancer patient Maureen Fleming at First Minister’s Questions presented every single MSP in the chamber with a challenge: why are patients in Scotland three times less likely than patients in England to get access to cancer medicines, prescribed by their doctor but not routinely funded through the NHS?

PURPLE is the colour of Epilepsy Week and that is the colour which will be most visible this week as fundraisers for epilepsy charities call on the public for much needed support.

Breathing difficulties ­during sleep may be an early ­warning sign of future Alzheimer’s ­disease, researchers believe.

ADDING ginger to asthma medications may make them more effective, a study has claimed.

More than a third of calls to a confidential phone line which allows health workers in Scotland to raise concerns about NHS practices have come from other parts of the UK.

A PLANT first used by prehistoric man in 30,000BC can help fight infections, according to scientists following a four-year research project.

Earlier this year a team of medics set off for Mount Everest – in a bid to help intensive care patients. Lisa Salmon reports

PATIENTS suffering from severe depression are being forced to have electroconvulsive therapy against their wishes under a controversial law that allows doctors to take action without consent.

Scotland’s chief medical officer has called for children aged between ten and 17 to be vaccinated against measles.

MORE women will be able to be tested to see if they have a gene that puts them at greater risk of developing breast cancer, the Health Secretary has said.

AS WENDY Helliwell came downstairs on Wednesday morning, the name Jolie flashed on the TV screen. She caught the words “double mastectomy”.

CRISIS-HIT Lothian accident and emergency departments are set to be radically overhauled, with scaled back services expected to lead to an increase in pressure on the already over-stretched Royal Infirmary.

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.