Charity seeks ‘fast women’ to make wheels of fortune turn
THE Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland is seeking “fast women” to take to their wheels in the name of charity for the Ladies Driving Challenge 2009.
Oxygen therapy gets thumbs-up
AN OXYGEN treatment given to divers with the “bends” is to be tried out on cancer patients suffering after radiotherapy.
MPs’ poll shows Tory backing for tax relief on health insurance
THE row over the Tories’ support for the NHS has been reignited after a poll found that two-thirds of the party’s MPs backed tax relief on private health insurance.
‘Fat blind’ Brits told they are putting on a pound every year
BRITONS are increasing in weight by almost a pound each year and have “fat blindness” over the state of their health, a new report warns.
Adam Morris: Diagnosis is bleak for junior medics
Junior doctors are now banned from working more than 48 hours a week – surely a good thing? As Health Reporter Adam Morris discovers, not everyone agrees
Cold comfort for parents as child diabetes ‘more likely over winter’
CHILDREN may be more likely to develop diabetes in the winter than the summer, according to new findings which have puzzled scientists.
Swine flu sufferer dies
A woman who was suffering from swine flu has died in hospital, Scottish health officials said tonight.
‘My gifted son died horrifically from GBL. You must be aware of its dangers’
CHRIS Dyer knew what the substance he was taking could do to him. Every time the 24-year-old used the odourless, colourless liquid he would phone his mother, Suzanne. “Bec
‘My gifted son died horrifically from GBL. You must be aware of its dangers’
CHRIS Dyer knew what the substance he was taking could do to him. Every time the 24-year-old used the odourless, colourless liquid he would phone his mother, Suzanne. “Bec
Hospice prepares for fun run
ST COLUMBA’S Hospice is preparing for its annual fun run on Sunday, 6 September, in the Capital’s Victoria Park.
