Tag: medicine

BOOK FESTIVAL – Shapeshifters: Medicine, and the human behind it

Entertainment

Guest - August 13, 2018

BY BOB CUMMINS Gavin Francis, a physician in Edinburgh, writer and explorer shares insights from his past that have inspired his current book, Shapeshifters; on...

Doctors give five-year-old epileptic boy ketamine in bid to reduce his 600 seizures a day

News

Deadline News Journalist - June 7, 2018

A SCOTS mum has revealed her five-year-old son was given the horse tranquiliser ketamine to treat his epileptic seizures. Murray Gray has 600 seizures a...

Fury as England approves muscular dystrophy drug denied Scots

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 15, 2016

ENGLISH health chiefs have approved a muscular dystrophy wonder drug recently refused to Scots children suffering from the disease. The £200,000-a-year treatment for Duchenne muscular...

Machines are taking over the Scottish NHS

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 13, 2015

MACHINES are taking over the Scottish NHS, according to new figures on the number of robots used in hospitals. At least 84 robots are now...

Four key medicines given the go ahead under NHS Scotland

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 9, 2015

NHS SCOTLAND is set to use four new medicines to treat pancreatic cancer, chronic myelogenous leukaemia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and infertility. The move comes...

Fight against antibiotic resistance steps up

Health

Deadline News Journalist - November 17, 2014

Public and health care professionals across Scotland are being asked to make a pledge to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in the fight against antibiotic...

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