SCOTLAND has lost its place as a world leader in tackling smoking rates and now lags behind almost all other developed countries, a leading anti-tobacco activist has claimed.
]]>AS IF the sleep-deprived husks of humanity otherwise known as new parents didn’t have enough to worry about, new research has emerged to plunge them further into a baby-brain stupor about how to get their screaming bundles of joy off to sleep.
]]>On one special summer night for the past six years, visitors to Edinburgh could be forgiven for thinking they had indulged in one too many drams.
]]>A CITY doctor and “proud Edinburgher” has won the prestigious title of Junior Doctor of the Year for his work in helping promote health education in Africa.
]]>THE health service has dished out advice ahead of bank holiday closures for the Diamond Jubilee weekend.
]]>The Butterfly Trust is offering free massages to adults with cystic fibrosis while in hospital.
]]>THE new Royal Victoria Building at the Western General will throw open its doors today.
]]>Demolition has begun at St Columba’s Hospice to clear the way for the building of its state-of-the-art replacement.
The 1970s blocks are being removed, to be replaced by modern two-storey wards.
]]>SHEILA Duffy of anti-smoking campaign Ash Scotland was right when she argued in this column earlier this week that there should be full transparency about the interests, especially financial, of any organisation involved in debates on issues as important as public health.
]]>PEOPLE who are happy, outgoing and optimistic live the longest, according to new research.
]]>THE awful sight of topless men on the nation’s streets is just another facet of our usually brief and unhealthy relationship with the sun, writes Stephen McGinty
]]>People trying to cool off in the sea, in rivers and in lochs amid the hot weather are being warned about the danger of doing so.
]]>A SECOND possible British case of rabies is being investigated, disease control experts said.
]]>THREE more children are being treated after a suspected E coli 0157 outbreak at a baby unit at a nursery school.
]]>A CHRONICALLY obese teenager cut free from her home by workmen after she grew too big to go outside remains in hospital.
]]>ELDERLY Britons are lonelier and poorer than their counterparts in similar European countries, a major study has found.
]]>HEALTH chiefs have spent £22,500 on 35 iPads for board members and senior managers.
]]>HEALTH chiefs are to consider scrapping plans to build a new Sick Kids Hospital at Little France after revealing the project has been delayed again.
]]>POLITICIANS regularly have to register interests in everything from chairmanships to shareholdings.
]]>HE lounges about in bed all day or sits glued to the Xbox, emerging from another Call of Duty kill session only to grunt the word “pizza” before retreating back to zombie mode.
]]>SCOTLAND has lost its place as a world leader in tackling smoking rates and now lags behind almost all other developed countries, a leading anti-tobacco activist has claimed.
]]>AS IF the sleep-deprived husks of humanity otherwise known as new parents didn’t have enough to worry about, new research has emerged to plunge them further into a baby-brain stupor about how to get their screaming bundles of joy off to sleep.
]]>On one special summer night for the past six years, visitors to Edinburgh could be forgiven for thinking they had indulged in one too many drams.
]]>A CITY doctor and “proud Edinburgher” has won the prestigious title of Junior Doctor of the Year for his work in helping promote health education in Africa.
]]>THE health service has dished out advice ahead of bank holiday closures for the Diamond Jubilee weekend.
]]>The Butterfly Trust is offering free massages to adults with cystic fibrosis while in hospital.
]]>THE new Royal Victoria Building at the Western General will throw open its doors today.
]]>Demolition has begun at St Columba’s Hospice to clear the way for the building of its state-of-the-art replacement.
The 1970s blocks are being removed, to be replaced by modern two-storey wards.
]]>SHEILA Duffy of anti-smoking campaign Ash Scotland was right when she argued in this column earlier this week that there should be full transparency about the interests, especially financial, of any organisation involved in debates on issues as important as public health.
]]>PEOPLE who are happy, outgoing and optimistic live the longest, according to new research.
]]>THE awful sight of topless men on the nation’s streets is just another facet of our usually brief and unhealthy relationship with the sun, writes Stephen McGinty
]]>People trying to cool off in the sea, in rivers and in lochs amid the hot weather are being warned about the danger of doing so.
]]>A SECOND possible British case of rabies is being investigated, disease control experts said.
]]>THREE more children are being treated after a suspected E coli 0157 outbreak at a baby unit at a nursery school.
]]>A CHRONICALLY obese teenager cut free from her home by workmen after she grew too big to go outside remains in hospital.
]]>ELDERLY Britons are lonelier and poorer than their counterparts in similar European countries, a major study has found.
]]>HEALTH chiefs have spent £22,500 on 35 iPads for board members and senior managers.
]]>HEALTH chiefs are to consider scrapping plans to build a new Sick Kids Hospital at Little France after revealing the project has been delayed again.
]]>POLITICIANS regularly have to register interests in everything from chairmanships to shareholdings.
]]>HE lounges about in bed all day or sits glued to the Xbox, emerging from another Call of Duty kill session only to grunt the word “pizza” before retreating back to zombie mode.
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