Health

Whooping cough survivors face early death risk

19 June 2013

BABIES born during outbreaks of whooping cough are more likely to die prematurely, even if they survive into adulthood.
Hospital ward closed over high bug rate

18 June 2013

A HOSPITAL ward in Glasgow has been closed to new patients after an abnormally high rate of a potentially fatal respiratory bug.
Groundbreaking IVF technique delivers baby Eva

15 June 2013

A SCOTS woman who became the first to conceive using a breakthrough IVF technique has given birth to a girl.

Scruffy hospital doctors are urged to clean up their act

14 June 2013

SCRUFFY hospital doctors should tidy up their image and even return to wearing white coats to help promote standards and reassure patients, a leading Scottish consultant has claimed.

E-cigs to be classed as medicines under new proposals

12 June 2013

Electronic cigarettes are to be classed as "medicines" under new proposals to tighten up the regulation of nicotine-containing products.
Give boys cervical cancer injection, MSPs told

12 June 2013

THE vaccination against cervical cancer offered to all 12-year-old girls in Scotland should also be offered to boys, campaigners have told MSPs.
Health boards told to review drug requests

12 June 2013

HEALTH boards in the west of Scotland have been ordered to review how they handle case-by-case drug requests after a series of blunders involving a cancer patient from Ayrshire.

Overflowing hospitals face year-round beds shortage

11 June 2013

EMERGENCY beds made available to help the NHS cope with a flood of patients last winter are still being used because regular wards are overflowing.
Vitamin D level linked to high blood pressure

11 June 2013

LOW levels of vitamin D can trigger high blood pressure, a study has shown.
Warning to mothers over risks of regular drinking

10 June 2013

Scots mothers are to be targeted in a new publicly funded drive to make them aware of the serious dangers of habitual drinking.

Elsewhere on Herald Scotland

500,000 carers let down by lack of support, says study

10 June 2013

Scotland's 500,000-strong army of carers are being let down by a "woeful" lack of support, with often devastating personal consequences, a report claims today.
'Money is wasted that could be used to help'

10 June 2013

WHEN Sunna Kaleem's father died suddenly of a heart attack when she was at primary school, her mother needed her support more than ever.
Murder trial witness denies lying to police

8 June 2013

A defence QC in the Sharkey fire deaths murder trial yesterday accused a witness of lying.

Researchers reveal new Down's syndrome blood test

7 June 2013

A NEW non-invasive blood test can reliably detect whether or not an unborn baby has Down's syndrome during the first trimester of pregnancy, researchers say.
Health problems 'may skip offspring'

6 June 2013

Health problems linked to obesity, such as diabetes and heart disease, could skip an entire generation, according to a study.
Terminally ill in call for discussions

5 June 2013

MORE than three-quarters of terminally ill patients want to talk about where they are going to die, new research has revealed.