Archive for October, 2009
October 23, 2009
October 22, 2009
- NHS apprentices start their training
- NHS apprentices start their training
- NHS told to meet greenhouse gas targets
- NHS told to meet greenhouse gas targets
- Memory loss due to lack of sleep may be reversible
- Obese couple get baby back despite 6 children still in care
- Pollution may increase risk of miscarriage
- Heart fears as Taser police told: Don't aim for chest
- Teenage boy among four more swine flu deaths in Scotland
- Teenage boy among four more swine flu deaths in Scotland
October 21, 2009
- Asda workers to be tickled pink by Linda
- Asda workers to be tickled pink by Linda
- Stress hormone linked to male fertility issues
- Stress hormone linked to male fertility issues
- Four Scots killed by swine flu
- Four Scots killed by swine flu
- New chief nursing officer named
- First among millions: all Scots may get swine flu jab
October 20, 2009
- Swine flu outbreak closes council offices as jab nears
- Swine flu outbreak closes council offices as jab nears
- Inquiry call on assisted dying
- Holby blamed for nursing fall
- Protein-rich diet link to Alzheimer's in test mice
- Over-threes who use dummies 'at risk of speech problems'
- Scottish scientists grow liver cells from skin in search for new drugs
- Couples wait six months to three years for IVF in 'postcode lottery'
- Swine flu jabs start today but come too late for Scottish victim No 16
October 19, 2009
- Chance to see park's wildlife at open day
- Chance to see park's wildlife at open day
- Hotel raises over £3000 to help Sick Kids
- Hotel raises over £3000 to help Sick Kids
- Lothian meets new time rules
- Lothian meets new time rules
- Lothian has longest waiting times for fertility treatment
- Lothian has longest waiting times for fertility treatment
- Adam Morris: The swine flu fightback
- Adam Morris: The swine flu fightback
- Giving nature a helping hand: Edinburgh's Natural Fertility Clinic
- Giving nature a helping hand: Edinburgh's Natural Fertility Clinic
- Airlift on the cards for 70-stone patient
- Kidney unit hit by faults delay
- Health chiefs are warned 'overworked midwives burning out'
- The future's bright, the future's talking Zimmers and robo-pets
October 18, 2009
- Health centre selection
- Health centre selection
- Care package lets pensioners cut down on home helps
- Care package lets pensioners cut down on home helps
- Sturgeon backs direct pay plan
- Sturgeon backs direct pay plan
- Alcohol consumption rate falling say landlords
- Alcohol consumption rate falling say landlords
- Don't bring back food from outside EU
- Don't bring back food from outside EU
- Hospital group rejects claims
- Hospital group rejects claims
- Expert warns of risks in high doses of supplements
- Expert warns of risks in high doses of supplements
- Maggie Smith returns to work after cancer battle
- Maggie Smith returns to work after cancer battle
- Scots swine flu jab drive set to target 130,000 Scots every week
- Scots swine flu jab drive set to target 130,000 Scots every week
- Depression and anger hits one in three kids
- Depression and anger hits one in three kids
- Stuart Waiton: Fat family are abuse victims not their well-loved children
- Stuart Waiton: Fat family are abuse victims not their well-loved children
- Cancer survivor Fran hits her fundraising target for Bear's op
- Cancer survivor Fran hits her fundraising target for Bear's op
- New NHS dental practice will help fill service cavity
- New NHS dental practice will help fill service cavity
- High danger of diabetes for 620,000 Scots
- High danger of diabetes for 620,000 Scots
- Two in three Scots admit to drinking too much
- Two in three Scots admit to drinking too much
- Nurses 'too busy' to give best care
- Nurses 'too busy' to give best care
October 17, 2009
October 16, 2009
- Sexual health on the ERI agenda
- One in five elderly patients is denied food and water
- Pregnant Borders teenager who died from swine flu is named
October 15, 2009
- Parents warned of routine drug risk
- Show colours in cancer fight
- Swine flu risk groups set for vaccination
- Baby joy for coma mother flown to Sweden
- First jabs for at-risk groups as nationwide vaccinations begin next week
- Pregnant 17-year-old from Scottish Borders dies of swine flu
October 14, 2009
- Stroke scheme success
- Cancer study hopes to predict risk
- Hospital staff in online high-jinx
- Dentist aims to cap success in veneer trade
- Healthy living tips at school
- Breakthrough on vCJD risks
- New research shows why young people are more prone to CJD
- Men would lather not use soap to wash up
- Biker brothers revved up after race victories
- Pregnant teenage girl killed by swine flu
October 13, 2009
- New treatment for prostate problems
- Restless nights for public sector staff
- Prostate site wins award
- Mental health and exercise link probed
- Abortions fall as fewer women have unwanted pregnancies
- Abortions fall as fewer women have unwanted pregnancies
- In caring, 21st-century Scotland, 29 people died every day from the cold last winter
- In caring, 21st-century Scotland, 29 people died every day from the cold last winter
- Night-feeds on sofa can be 'very, very dangerous' for babies, warn experts
- Night-feeds on sofa can be 'very, very dangerous' for babies, warn experts
- Patient is told to find new GP after 40 years on books
- Patient is told to find new GP after 40 years on books
- Hazel Mollison: We should all be minded to donate our brains or bodies
- Hazel Mollison: We should all be minded to donate our brains or bodies
- Record number of OAPs face death in the cold this winter
October 12, 2009
- Praise for NHS business boss
- Sturgeon reviews ambulance service
- New award to recognise GPs
- Rhona's star shines with charity award
- It's smiles all round thanks to dental chair
- I'll donate my brain to dementia research when I die, pledges Blunkett
- OAPs organise own care after shake-up
- Sturgeon's pledge on vaccine jabs as Scots swine flu death toll hits 14
October 11, 2009
- Health chief post filled
- Self-screening DVD launched
- Murders by schizophrenia sufferers 'rare'
- Plan for new car park offers hope of free spaces at ERI
- Swine flu claims two more lives in Scotland
- Two men die from swine flu
October 10, 2009
- EU rules on doctors' hours 'killing patients'
- Freezing gives cancer breakthrough
- Brown admits damage to retina
October 9, 2009
- Swine flu rise at high school
- NHS absence cut 'wins million care hours'
- Single room provision 'still a priority' in new hospitals
- Possible link between debt and mental health found
- Dead mouse and droppings closed chip shop
- Scots more allergic than English
October 8, 2009
- Hospital swine flu admissions double
- Swine flu fears eased
- Shingles 'increases chance of stroke'
- Youngsters in tobacco fight
- Extra support for Hepatitis C care network
- Pupils enjoy pyjamas day for Sick Kids
- The Pill 'affects choice of partner'
- Study links mental health to fitness level
- One in three Scots signed up for organ donation
- Scots team pioneering research into new friendly bacteria cure
- Health chiefs reunite couple but take stepdaughter's job
- Unwanted hospital visitors when wards 'become zoos'
- Scotland sees record number of swine flu hospital admissions
- Dundee hospital infested with bats
October 7, 2009
- NHS Lothian given green boost
- Kids take strides to fitness
- New allergy testing not to be sneezed at
- Open day at city hospital
- Superbug fight shows results
- Fundraiser for brain charity
- Praise for Scotland's fight against health fraudsters
- Pensioner who shaved head says thanks
- Doctors target suspects to expose problem drinkers
- £1.50 to be slapped on cost of alcopops
- Infections caused by C diff and MRSA fall
- Girl regains memory after crash thanks to video from pupils
- Designs for health centre unveiled despite calls for re-think over site
- Sheila Duffy: Young people key to stubbing out lethal habit
- Hundreds of pupils absent from Linlithgow school amid swine flu outbreak
October 6, 2009
- Obesity risk for the depressed
- Plea for action on drug abuse
- Mums-to-be told to lay off the liquorice
- Health boards facing almost 13,000 equal pay claims
- Detox diet could increase risk of diabetes, say scientists
- NHS chiefs defend ERI over stroke care targets failure
- Inhaler 'can worsen asthma for children'
- Scotland's £400,000-an-hour drug habit
- NHS staff cast the net wide when they go surfing online
- Vigilantes driven to pour acid on medics' cars in parking row
- 'Deadly' bug in two-thirds of chicken on sale
October 5, 2009
- Team boosts ERI ops
- No 1 author to host charity dinner
- Roll-out of winter flu jab
- All smiles as surgery is up for awards
- Mediterranean diet 'can fight depression'
- Two in three ambulance call-outs linked to alcohol
- City square to host live BBC smile event
- Biggest DNA cancer breakthrough in 20 years
- Colin Beck: Keep tabs on how much alcohol you drink
- Lothian has Scotland's worst rate for excessive drinkers
October 4, 2009
- Down's dementia care call
- Link to smoking and alcohol
- Contraceptive jabs for men – couples wanted
- St John's can create swine flu treatment space say activists
- Rural patients to get webcam examinations
- Eight US troops killed in insurgent attack
- Fees offer as ex-doctors and midwives urged to join swine flu fight
- Genes breakthrough brings new hope for cancer victims
- We get more salt in our diet from breakfast cereals than ready meals, crisps and snacks
- Complaints at Lothian hospitals fall to record low
- Big reduction in waiting times for treatment of drug addicts
October 3, 2009
- Scots men at risk from not seeing GP
- Scots to help test jabs in bid to make male birth control more popular
October 2, 2009
- Liquid food aids cancer recovery
- Football fans tackle blood donor shortage
- Not enough support for Bill
- More Scots to see GPs over videolinks
- Flu machine could save lives
- Swine flu to kill health targets off
- Pensioners converge on Holyrood to quiz Sturgeon
October 1, 2009
- Posh babies 'will hit 100'
- Diabetes numbers increase
- Cases of chickenpox low
- Veterans' care home makes appeal for volunteers
- Cancer jab girl 'died of tumour'
- OAPs advised to take vitamin D for better balance
- One in ten girls missing out on jab against cervical cancer
- ERI misses targets for care of stroke patients
- Major rise in suspected cases of swine flu across Lothians
- Worst week yet for swine flu, with new cases running at 2,000 a day
- Swine flu spreads: Number of cases in Scotland double
