Archive for February, 2009
February 28, 2009
- Campaign aims to give new Sick Kids hospital £15m cash injection
- Medicines 'do not work' on children
- Alcohol striking a sour note with orchestras
- Blooming bad news for Blumenthal's restaurant
- Plastic surgeons face up to liabilities
- Nurses attack muddled plan for superbugs
February 27, 2009
- Chemotherapy service returns
- Homes checked for superbugs
- Healthy teenager died after taking acne medicine
- Crunch forces city hospice to launch new fundraising drive
February 26, 2009
- Appointment of secondary breast cancer nurse to ease fears
- Making health assessment at home easy PC with Care Pod
- Charities hail display ban on cigarettes
- Action plan aims to help improve lives
- Telly addict youngsters snack their way to being beefier
- Sick babies frozen in new treatment in bid to beat brain damage
- Lesbian couple win legal battle to get fertility treatment on the NHS
- Tough restrictions on cigarette sales planned by health minister
February 25, 2009
- Bid to ban cigarette machines and tobacco displays
- Mutating Aids hits vaccine treatments
- Flu cases are wiped away
- Rippon visits ERI's kidney unit
- Meningitis drug recalled
- Dawe in mental pledge
- Poached mussels pose health risk
- Genetic breakthrough on cystic fibrosis
- Care watchdogs give hospice glowing report
- Bank allows scanner use for NHS patients
- OAP attacked in hospital
February 24, 2009
- Treat feet to help heart
- Pass marks for MOT plan
- GP contract 'saving lives'
- Autism worker opens summit
- Increased cancer risk for women linked with drink
- Families to help shape new Sick Kids
- NHS under fire over waiting times
- Bed-blockers lying in Lothian hospitals for up to 11 months
- Under-18s to carry out test purchases in illegal tobacco sales crackdown
- 'Telehealth' cash boost
- Bad weather hits A&E waiting times
- Being obese is as deadly as smoking ten a day
- Scotland faces 'alcohol epidemic' as drinkers in hospital hit record high
February 23, 2009
- Bereavement rooms given refurbishment
- Service will help women suffering from abuse
- Chronically-ill to send GP daily reports with computers
- Students have high hopes of finding altitude sickness cure
- Treatment may grow new teeth
- Free sunbeds danger
- Screening campaign halves the cervical cancer rate
- Scientists discover genetic 'off switch' for series of cancers
February 22, 2009
- New drive to reduce HIV in the Lothians
- Just one gene may hold secret to controlling human obesity
- New weapon in battle against flu pandemic
- Burning Issue
- Cost of medical progress will be the NHS's biggest challenge, says expert
February 21, 2009
February 20, 2009
- Parenting course award
- Society to host conference on alcoholism
- Report praises medics at ERI
- Liver studies look to bends
- NHS spends £21,000 on translating documents
- JK Rowling weaves spell at hospital
- ERI builder's refusal to pass on tax cut rakes in extra £30k
- Sir Bobby opens cancer centre
February 19, 2009
- Bid to build homes denied
- £200k a year to cut smoking
- Elderly to get rehabilitation
- Health chiefs aim to give carers more help
- Tom McInnes: Jade's openness could help scores of women
- Breast boost for MS mothers
- 'Cuddles' GP struck off for misconduct
- Binge-drinking 'fuelled by work pressure'
- Woman sues for receiving wrong egg during IVF
- Higher stroke rates linked to number of takeaways
- Doctors closer to finding cure for nut allergies
- MS sufferer in plea to MPs after assisted suicide appeal turned down
February 18, 2009
- Flu has virtually gone in Lothian
- New website launched to offer advice to diabetic patients
- Therapists to give elderly eating advice
- Hundreds of operations cancelled at Lothian hospitals
- Adam Morris: Beating back one of our biggest killers
- Inside health: One unlucky man or time bomb?
- Warning over 'stem-cell tourists'
February 17, 2009
- Smoking biggest risk factor in an early death
- Nurses playing a team game
- Physios will help elderly to avoid falls
- Health bosses roll out mobile units in bid to cut waiting lists
- Thistle players back No Smoking Day
- Brain cells cause illness fatigue
- Aids tops list of deadly diseases in China
- Brain cells cause illness fatigue
- Arthritis drugs linked to increased risk of shingles
- Rich or poor, man or woman, Scots figures prove smokers die earlier
- £135,000 pay-out for man who was left sterile after post-surgery infection
- Doctors queue up for dream job in the Highlands
- Proof that brain 'work-outs' in middle age can stave off dementia
February 16, 2009
- St James Centre set for fashion show fundraiser
- Mobile phones 'spread bugs in hospitals'
- Secret to long life may be in protein
- Blood plasma link to vCJD
- Number of lung cancer patients set to fall after smoke ban
- Health expert warns that infection could claim 'thousands of lives' in Scotland
- Medical tourism could be good for India's health
- On the Rounds
- Text services offer patients healthy returns
- Doctors slated after tooth phobia kills girl, 8
- Scientists want your brain to help find cure for Alzheimer's
February 15, 2009
- Senior posts for ERI pair
- Call for women to Race for Life
- MP's dementia call to medics
- Lothian best at updating NHS
- Salad days for Widows staff
- Family raises hospital funds
- OAPs warned on risks of icy pavements
- Hormone trouble for stressed men
- Jade Goody screamed at fatal cancer news
- Q&A: Phil Hanlon on Scotland's excessive drinking
- Drugs can erase bad memories to give you a spotless mind
February 14, 2009
- Hospital criticised over death of novelist
- Terminally ill Goody to wed
- Super microscope gives new insight into cancer
- Jamieson attacks SNP priorities as health boards face £3.6m budget cuts
- GSK to cut price of drugs in Third World and open doors for researchers
- Low fat, high flavour – science has the recipe
- Revealed: true scale of nation over the limit
February 13, 2009
- New fitness centre
- Lothian health team hailed as example to all
- Nurse who abused dementia patients struck off
- Over-40s 'now more at risk from STDs than youngsters'
- Two hospitalised after cancer jab
- Two hospitalised after cancer jab
- Jade Goody out of intensive care
- Jade Goody out of intensive care
- Drugs on the cheap
- Drugs on the cheap
- Member of the Ronettes dies
- Member of the Ronettes dies
- Drug firm chief promises to cut prices in developing countries
- Drug firm chief promises to cut prices in developing countries
- Four in ten unaware that cancer is linked to poor diet
- Four in ten unaware that cancer is linked to poor diet
February 12, 2009
- Child abuse talks held
- Child abuse talks held
- Careers in good health
- Careers in good health
- Surgeon lands top national post
- Surgeon lands top national post
- Garage plans rejected
- Garage plans rejected
- Fundraisers to perk up for coffee breaks
- Fundraisers to perk up for coffee breaks
- Newsletter on stem cells up for two awards
- Newsletter on stem cells up for two awards
- New scheme to aid doctors
- New scheme to aid doctors
- Denise tackles triathlon task after husband lost leg
- Denise tackles triathlon task after husband lost leg
- 'I will walk again after years in a wheelchair'
- 'I will walk again after years in a wheelchair'
- Tinnitus time-bomb for iPod generation
- Tinnitus time-bomb for iPod generation
- Second-hand smoke heightens dementia risk, say scientists
- Scientist admits superbug fears
February 11, 2009
- First meeting to discuss park life
- Hospital helps to celebrate NHS birthday
- Sheep alert for mums-to-be
- Three million try DIY dentistry
- Olympic gold-winning cyclist is ambassador for mental health
- Inside Health: Icy slips push up A&E figures
- 40,000 drug addicts use benefits to fund habit
- Labour wins support for plans to combat superbugs
February 10, 2009
- Wheelchair service wins £1000 award
- Healthy growth on NHS website
- South Asians most likely to get diabetes
- NHS gets a healthy £1bn to boost care in Lothian
- Campaign to be £15m tonic for Sci Kids
- Scientists hoping to crack egg myth
- Smoking at home puts family at risk
- Diabetes hits Asians harder
- Higher risk of defects for babies of obese mothers
- C diff hospital cleans up, but calls go on for public inquiry
- Does training your brain boost memory and slow down the ageing process? It's all in the mind
- Losing Battles: No link between eggs and high cholesterol, scientists say
February 9, 2009
- Boost to hospital link
- New boss at care service
- Report out on hospital bug
- Behind scenes events at St John's praised
- Bionic leg helps walker take to the hills again
- Breast cancer drug rejected for Scotland
- Dentist phobia girl starves to death
- Multivitamin use 'has no effect on women's chance of developing cancer or heart disease'
- Nurseries 'best for child's social skills'
- Mighty blow of tiny mite packs a killer punch
- Alternative or just a placebo?
- Churchill's 'black dog' would have kept him out of Number 10
February 8, 2009
- Cannabis and cancer linked
- DNA clues to heart attacks identified
- Teenager hurt in blaze
- City greets star it knows so well
- Obesity danger to first-time mothers
- Delay in referrals to St John's
- Doctor pens history of care at Lothian hospital
- City carers get cash injection
- Depression prescriptions soar by 10,000 inside last decade
- Hidden dangers of salt in city takeaways revealed by probe
- NHS Lothian 'will get record funding' next year
February 4, 2009
- Antibiotics can damage baby hearing
- Lyndsay Moss: Sobering look at an old problem
- Cancer patients win right to sue hospital over sperm lost in freezer store breakdown
February 3, 2009
- Mobile mast plan cut off
- Fewer children face hearings
- Chief's relief as NHS project moves forward
- Green tea hampers anti-cancer drug
- NHS consults patients and staff on treatment plan for hospital
- Pulse linked to heart attacks
- Taller babies born in summer
- Approval sought for kidney cancer drug
- Scots pioneer use of silicon chips to repair body tissue
- Drinks manufacturers face legal ban on sponsoring youth events
- Q&A: Irene Audain, chief executive of the Scottish Out of School Care Network, on children and TV
- Tobacco chewers targeted in fresh mouth cancer campaign
February 2, 2009
- Study hits on health effects of drumming
- Lothians hit by illness
- Insulin raises hope in Alzheimer's fight
- Charity hails royal visitor
- Iraq's uranium legacy in focus
- Cancer charity events no joke
- Ready, Steady, Baby guide to make having a child 'easier'
- New drug hopes for Alzheimer's
- Sports stars warn of disease threat
- Q&A: Dr Rafe Bundy, the lecturer in nutrition at Glasgow University comments on a report that shows some of the UK's most popular restaurants are serving meals containing more than the recommended daily allowance of salt
- Hormone may hold key to women at risk of developing post-natal depression
- Lyndsay Moss: Time to reclaim our streets from persistent smokers
- Junior doctors 'pose risk over prescriptions'
- Too long in front of TV or computer 'can make children mentally ill'
- Workers face smoking ban while in NHS uniform … even at home
February 1, 2009
- High-grade heroin back on streets
- Doctor up for science prize
- Mint pain killer could save the NHS millions
- Nurse suspended after making prayer offer
- Denise Tyler: Childcare cost often a huge issue for parents
- Jonathon Porritt: Families should only have two children, says green guru
- Stuart Neilson: Employers suffer blow over Court's judgment on pay
- Broken lift leaves sheltered housing residents trapped
- Rare bronze plaques show ERI has made Its mark on history
- Revealed: Restaurants who serve this much salt in a single meal
- Anger after blame placed on working mothers for family splits
