Health

A mum who ignored repeated medical advice to terminate her pregnancy was stunned - when she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

Stephen Burns says he loves both his young sons, one of whom has autism, “beyond compare” but felt angry and upset when a mother at a play-park told him her husband refuses to take their son out because their child also has the complex developmental condition and he feels ashamed of what other people might think.

Three-fifths of new fathers say their mental health has suffered since the birth of their child, a leading charity has found.

A FUNDRAISER has appeared in court accused of stealing more than £10,000 from the family of a terminally ill boy.

Calls have been made to change the way heroin addiction in Scotland is treated after it was revealed the methadone substitute given to users has been responsible for more than 4,000 hospital admissions over the last two decades.

An increase in funding has been announced to continue the provision of free sanitary products to pupils and students in Scotland.

A Dundee teenage drummer who has autism is launching an 11th-hour appeal for the final funding which will let him fulfil his ambition of becoming a jazz drummer after winning a place at the world’s most prestigious music college.

Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who twice survived the deadly Ebola virus, has spoken of her joy after giving birth to twin boys in Glasgow.

A hero firefighter at Bishopbriggs whose hand was amputated after being injured by faulty cutting gear has received £1.5million in damages.

Infection control in shops offering tattoos and piercings needs to be overhauled, after almost a fifth of customers suffered negative effects over the last five years, according to a report.

Thousands of young people across Scotland fear discussing their mental health will result in judgment or rejection, according to a new study.

This week marks 60 years of me. It’s a big birthday. People say I should mark it. Go on a world cruise. Get a facelift. Have a midlife crisis. Well, obviously it’s not really midlife. That would mean I’d only be at the halfway point and aiming to reach my 120th birthday, and I know for a fact that the Chancellor has not calculated for that level of pension payout.

Fruit juice and smoothies are to be banned to cut children’s sugar intake and processed meat restricted to 100g a day under sweeping plans to transform Scotland’s school meal provision.

Britain’s leading sight loss charity has condemned the “shocking” discrimination faced by guide and assistance dog owners, more than three quarters of whom said they have been turned away from shops, restaurants, and taxis.

An independent review into health and safety concerns at a school where four current and former teachers were diagnosed with cancer has been announced by the Scottish Government.

There must be a reason Beyond Meat, one of the major players to emerge into the new-age vegan burger theatre, is going completely bananas.

Technology that provides a more accurate scan for advanced prostate cancer is to be introduced in Scotland in a bid to improve detection.

Parents could be damaging the mental health of their toddlers by allowing them to use social media as young as two years old, a charity has warned.