Health

AN EDINBURGH clinic is offering a day of free consultations to people who have experienced complications from cosmetic procedures on 25 October. The clinic is now banging the drum on...

Susan Charles was diagnosed with Usher syndrome in 1998. AN ABERDEEN woman with a rare genetic condition that causes both deafness and blindness has credited a local charity for supporting her...

A UNIVERSITY of Stirling graduate has created an online toolkit to encourage adults with intellectual disabilities to access cancer screenings. Catherine White, who will this week graduate with a professional...

NEW research highlights “dramatic” increases in the number of people awaiting autism and ADHD assessments in Scotland. Findings by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) show growths of more than...

 A CAMPAIGN group for pavement accessibility is currently working on a map for dropped kerbs in the city.   Equal Footing Porty is working with Mobility Mapper to create an interactive...

A SUICIDE prevention initiative is set to tour West Lothian later this year to raise awareness about how society approaches the issue.  The Baton of Hope tour is set to...

THE owner of a wellness brand has decided to combat loneliness in the city by starting a Sunday walking group.  Edinburgh Sunday Strolls Club is set to launch later this...

IT HAS been announced today that the UK’s first purpose built AIDS hospice, Milestone House, is set to close.   The residential centre is part of Waverley Care, Scotland’s leading HIV...

COMMONWEALTH athlete Archie Goodburn is calling on the Scottish Government to increase the standard of brain tumour care following his own diagnosis.  The Edinburgh local was forced to put his...

A YOGA chain in Edinburgh has submitted plans for another studio, which would be their fifth in the city.  Tribe Yoga has locations in Leith, New Town, Quartermile and Stockbridge,...