Scotsman.com News - Healthnews-health:HealthDoctors' chief says England must follow Scots lead on NHS funding- July 8, 2008 ENGLAND must follow Scotland in the way it funds health services, by shunning the private sector and not forcing competition into the NHS, the leader of the UK's doctors shttp://news.scotsman.com/health/Doctors39-chief-says-England-must.4264198.jp Rocker pays price for 'headbanging'- July 8, 2008 AN UP-AND-COMING rock musician has gone partially blind after "headbanging" too much at a gig.http://news.scotsman.com/health/Rocker-pays-price-for-39headbanging39.4264176.jp Out-of-hours unscheduled care hasn't suffered, in spite of what a vocal minority might think- July 8, 2008 RECENT correspondence in this newspaper and elsewhere has highlighted some of the significant challenges that delivering healthcare in remote and rural communities present tohttp://news.scotsman.com/health/Outofhours-unscheduled-care-hasn39t-suffered.4264125.jp Lyndsay Moss: Should the NHS really prescribe this hocus-pocus- July 8, 2008 IMAGINE going to see your doctor. He says you need to take a drug for your high blood pressure. The drug contains so little of the active substance said to reduce your blood phttp://news.scotsman.com/health/Lyndsay-Moss-Should-the-NHS.4264136.jp Drug trial suspended after man dies of a heart attack- July 8, 2008 A DRUG trial at a clinic in Scotland has been suspended following the death of a participant.http://news.scotsman.com/health/Drug-trial-suspended-after-man.4264216.jp A forgotten disease still casts a shadow over Scotland today- July 8, 2008 Tuberculosis is on the increase in Britain, blamed on immigrants, HIV and travel, but Veronique Kootstra doesn't know how she contracted ithttp://news.scotsman.com/health/A-forgotten-disease-still-casts.4264127.jp Old recipes released to mark 60th anniversary of NHS- July 7, 2008 HOSPITAL food has always had a reputation for being unappetising but today's patients should at least be grateful calves' heads are no longer on the menu.http://news.scotsman.com/health/Old-recipes-released-to-mark.4261858.jp Buckfast taken out of exhibition- July 7, 2008 A BOTTLE of Buckfast tonic wine has been withdrawn from an exhibition about Scottish life after pressure from the distributors.http://news.scotsman.com/health/Buckfast-taken-out-of-exhibition.4261112.jp Men face a ticking clock on fatherhood from age 40, study claims- July 7, 2008 MEN have a biological clock which starts to tick when they turn 40, a new study suggests.http://news.scotsman.com/health/Men-face-a--.4261114.jp |