Tag: health news

Wild rabbits are being wiped out by deadly virus, claims research

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - February 21, 2016

WILD rabbits and their predators are being wiped out by a deadly new strain of virus, research shows. A study, Where Have All the Rabbits...

Health board spends half a million bribing smokers to quit

Scottish News

Christine Lavelle - February 6, 2011

A SCOTTISH health board has spent almost half a million pounds bribing smokers with shopping vouchers to encourage them to quit. The Quit 4 U...

Dad “bitter” at NHS managers over son’s death

Deadline News Journalist - February 10, 2010

By Paul Thornton A BITTER dad has hit out at NHS managers who wrongly accused his son of fraud after they were criticised over the...

Sick Kids’ photographer walks free after child porn trial

Deadline News Journalist - November 17, 2009

By Andrea McCallum A CHILDREN’S hospital photographer has been cleared of child porn possession charges. Leonard Cumming, 59, was suspended from his job at The...

Great Scot! Our Moira is troops’ angel of Camp Bastion

Deadline News Journalist - November 6, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A BRAVE Scots mum of two has told for the first time of the harrowing work in a battlefield hospital which...

Youngsters feeling brunt of swine flu crisis

Deadline News Journalist - June 29, 2009

By Paul Thornton MORE than 60 per cent of swine flu cases in Scotland affect those aged just 24-years-old and under, it was revealed yesterday. Health...

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