Health

A ground-breaking clinical drug trial for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) has been launched thanks to a £1.5 million investment from the charity MND Scotland.

It would be fair to say that Cor Hutton’s life has changed beyond all recognition in the last six years.

A cancer charity has expressed concerns over the number of overweight and obese children – stressing they are facing long-term health risks.

As tinsel and fairy lights adorn the streets up and down the country, it can be easy to overlook how the festive season can be the hardest time of the year for some.

Children and adults with health conditions and parents of children aged two to five years are urged to protect themselves and their children against flu.

Young people working in healthcare are encouraging others to follow their career path.

Everyone has it in them to save a life, no matter what age they learn vital first aid skills.

More than one in two people with illness or disabilities who took the government to court after losing out on benefits went on to win their case.

Scotland’s tap water has become the first in the world to gain international approval for keeping teeth healthy.

A charity is urging people to consider volunteering to support older veterans whose lives have been distressed by hearing loss or tinnitus.

A leading mental health charity has reacted to “worrying” findings in a report showing an increase in the use of compulsory treatment.

A fundraising campaign is underway to purchase a lifesaving piece of kit after it transpired there wasn’t one available in the Banchory Sports Village.

People are being encouraged to learn the symptoms of leukaemia during Blood Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) which takes place throughout September.

Air Ambulance charities are aiming to raise awareness and much-needed funds during National Air Ambulance Week (NAAW), September 9 to 15.

Aberdeenshire Libraries are working in partnership with NHS Grampian to increase access to free condoms and sexual health information in the community.

Thousands of children in Scotland could be at risk of having a life-threatening asthma attack as they return to school after the summer holidays.

CLAN Cancer Support, which has bases across Aberdeenshire, is asking people in Deeside to support the newly formed Friends of CLAN Deeside.

The number of men being tested for bowel cancer is at its highest ever level in Scotland.