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.
]]>THE genetic testing criteria for breast cancer that prompted actress Angelina Jolie to undergo a preventative double mastectomy will be available in England and Wales from next month, but not in Scotland.
]]>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.
]]>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
]]>WHEN George Thomson meets up with former top flight SFA ref Martin Clark, it could be easily assumed that talk would mostly be about the latest football news.
]]>HEALTH board chiefs across Scotland are being urged to ensure their staff are vaccinated against measles in preparation for a “likely” outbreak of the potentially deadly disease.
]]>Scotland’s cricket team is urging more people from south Asian communities to join the organ donor register.
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>THE genetic testing criteria for breast cancer that prompted actress Angelina Jolie to undergo a preventative double mastectomy will be available in England and Wales from next month, but not in Scotland.
]]>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.
]]>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
]]>WHEN George Thomson meets up with former top flight SFA ref Martin Clark, it could be easily assumed that talk would mostly be about the latest football news.
]]>HEALTH board chiefs across Scotland are being urged to ensure their staff are vaccinated against measles in preparation for a “likely” outbreak of the potentially deadly disease.
]]>Scotland’s cricket team is urging more people from south Asian communities to join the organ donor register.
]]>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.
]]>
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