Health

Campaigners living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) fear vital, long-awaited funding could be lost because of delays in allocating money to deliver specialist support projects. The 2025-26 Scottish Budget included –...

A UNIVERSITY professor has spoken out about a widespread petition to prevent the spread of Covid in hospitals.  Out of the whole of the UK, residents from Edinburgh South have...

MEN’S mental health charity Andy’s Man Club will be appearing at a Leith Asda store in an effort to get more men talking about their mental health.   The charity is...

AUGMENTED reality (AR) software has been developed by researchers at the University of Dundee to increase accuracy in administrating thoracic epidurals into the upper back. It is the first time...

THE UK’S leading vape retailer, VPZ lobbied outside the Scottish Parliament building today, to highlight concerns around supersize disposable vapes.  The company is warning against the dangers of unregulated products...

CAMPAIGNERS will be handing out thousands of leaflets at Edinburgh Waverley to raise awareness about long COVID which still affects millions across the world.  This Saturday will be Long COVID...

THE national standard on waiting times for children and young people accessing mental health services has been met for the first time. Latest Public Health statistics show 90.6% of those...

NEW technology developed by Scottish scientists could change the way breast cancer is diagnosed and treated. Scientists from the University of Aberdeen have created the first and only ultra-low magnetic...

TV FITNESS coach Joe Wicks hosted an impromptu 5km in Edinburgh’s city centre this morning, offering eager joggers the chance to run alongside him.  Wicks, who also goes by The...

SCOTTISH charity Maggie’s is raising money by organising a daring abseil down the Port of Leith Distillery.  The abseil is open to anyone to join, and the charity is inviting...