Health

Boys born with lower-than-average weight are at higher risk of having fertility problems in later life, according to research.

Holidays can be a difficult time. When everyone else seems to be ­merry and bright, it’s tough to be alone or facing up to a festive season after bereavement or break up, redundancy or illness.

There’s no mistaking it – we are in the thick of the ­festive season. Whether it’s the Christmas classics playing on repeat or the increasingly frantic reminders of how many shopping days there are to go, the anticipation is palpable.

Christmas is a time when families gather together, so it can also be a time when those who are no longer with us are particularly missed, writes Dr Catherine Calderwood.

Life expectancy is now going backwards in many parts of Scotland and has stalled in almost all areas, official figures have revealed.

A woman has told of her three-year nightmare after she developed a ‘trout pout’ like Leslie Ash when she had filler to add volume to her lips.

Parents were told they had to watch a nativity play over the internet after a norovirus breakout.

This Christmas, more older people in Scotland will be alone and feeling lonely than ever before, and social isolation can have fatal health consequences, experts say.

The biggest reason for personal bankruptcy in the US is the inability to pay medical bills, like the extra cost of giving birth prematurely, writes Joe Goldblatt.

Kevin Smith almost died last year.

A GP who cited the cases of Angelina Jolie and Jade Goody to instill fear in his patients is facing jail for molesting 23 female patients.

The Scottish Government was kept in the dark about secret reports exposing infection risks at the Queen Elizabeth hospital, Health Secretary Jean Freeman has confirmed.