Health
At-risk children need measles vaccine - health chief
Scotland’s chief medical officer has called for children aged between ten and 17 to be vaccinated against measles.
1 commentElectro therapy used on 100 Scots patients a year
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.
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More Scots women to get breast cancer gene test
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.
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Rod Stewart uses steroids that nearly killed him
IT WAS an addiction which threatened to bring his half-century of stardom to an abrupt and tragic end. But Rod Stewart has revealed he still relies on the steroids which almost cost him his life.
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Expert ‘shocked’ at Scots’ heart disease problems
A HEART disease expert has described her shock at the level of illness she has seen in Scotland since moving to the country to help turn around health problems.
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£160,000 ‘wasted’ on NHS feedback website
FUNDING to help the NHS in Scotland respond to complaints from patients has been branded a waste of money after figures showed few improvements had been made to services as a result.
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