People with learning disabilities are missing out on life-saving cancer screening, according to an analysis carried out by Scotland's largest health board.
Research into three potential new medicines which can slow down the progress of chronic kidney disease and reduce the risk that patients require a transplant or dialysis will be backed by a new investment from AstraZeneca. The Scottish Government said a "triple helix" partnership between the pharmaceutical giant, NHS Scotland, and researchers based at the universities of Glasgow and Dundee will help to accelerate clinical trials into the disease.
Single women in Scotland who want to have a baby may be able to access IVF on the NHS for the first time but can the health service cope?
Five health board regions in Scotland have been rated 'red' for neonatal mortality rates in the latest national audit, which also highlights a steep increase in the Grampian region
A personal injury firm is seeking damages in dozens of cases where it claims tenants' health has been harmed by prolonged exposure to hazardous black mould, amid calls for tighter legislation. Claire Campbell, a partner at Thompsons Solicitors, is currently handling 81 cases relating to black mould.
The Scottish Government has been accused of letting dentistry "rot away" as new figures reveal a huge increase in the number of patients leaving the NHS and signing up to private dental plans
Carolyn Forsyth thought she was going mad. It was late 2021 and the GP from Inverness was bamboozled by a range of increasingly "bizarre" cognitive symptoms which had taken hold after a relatively mild bout of Covid in October 2021.
How well prepared was the UK to cope with a pandemic? A year ago, the first public hearings at the UK Covid Inquiry got underway in an attempt to answer that question.
A breakthrough material developed by scientists in Glasgow will make it easier to transport and store medicines including cancer treatments without the need for fridges or freezers. Researchers from the universities of Manchester, Glasgow and Warwick, have created a hydrogel – a material mostly made of water – that stabilises proteins at temperatures as high as 50°C.
An investigation by Public Health Scotland set out to explore the reason behind a "trend of declining baby and pre-school immunisation rates over the past decade", which comes against a backdrop of recent spikes in whooping cough and measles.
