Health

An expert from Glasgow is working on the frontline of the Ebola battle, which has claimed 1,600 lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Strathcarron Hospice is recruiting a retail manager for its vintage shop in Bridge of Allan - a job which also involves attending Strathcarron vintage fairs.

Chronic pain conditions receive just 0.05% of the NHS Scotland’s £535 million fund to reduce waiting times, new figures reveal.

Moves to abolish beer tents at Highland Games and gala days is part of the Scottish Government’s habit of bombarding people with mixed messages over responsible drinking, Miles Briggs, Scottish Conservative health secretary, has said.

The relentless political point scoring must stop if we’re ever to mitigate the human misery behind the death toll, writes Dani Garavelli

The mother of a six-year-old who admitted to smuggling an illegal cannabis-based drug into the country to treat her son’s epilepsy has become the first person to source the drug legally in Scotland.

The Home Office must work with the Scottish Government to help tackle “tragic” drug deaths, Scotland’s public health minister has said.

This week saw Scotland top the European charts in a truly shameful way. It was revealed by the National Records of Scotland that we have more drug deaths per capita than any other country in Europe.

Malawi has one of highest maternal mortality rates in the world, but Susan Dalgety visits a clinic that is doing extraordinary work despite scant resources.

BBC Children in Need has awarded a grant worth £30,000 to Motherwell charity The Miracle Foundation.

An opt-out system for organ donation will come into force in Scotland in autumn 2020, the Scottish Government has announced.

Thousands more Britons will die of cardiovascular disease and stomach cancer in the next few years due to a failed salt reduction strategy agreed between the UK government and industry, experts have warned.

Drug deaths across the Lothians increased by 11 per cent in 2018, accounting for 152 deaths compared to 137 in 2017, according to National Records of Scotland figures.

Exercise is important for everyone, not just people who are over-weight, writes Harry Burns.

A Motherwell care home worker has become the first person to win in consecutive years at the Maria Mallaband & Countrywide Care Awards.

The drug death toll is truly horrific – 1,187 lives lost and no sign of the carnage abating anytime soon. For sure, the individuals lost were often hard to empathise with even, if there’s always widespread sympathy for their families.