Developing Effective Practice

obesity

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:03:00 GMT

- Conservatives launch campaign to encourage overweight people to exercise and eat better. BBC News, Evening Times

waiting times

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:03:49 GMT

- ISD publishes latest update on waiting times in Scotland's hospitals. Evening Times

bowel cancer

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:04:16 GMT

- ISD reports on the Scottish Bowel Screening Pilot. BBC News

old people

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:05:10 GMT

- Scottish Government publishes statistics of free personal and nursing care. Evening News (home edition) p.3

complementary medicine

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:05:37 GMT

- US study finds many Indian herbal medicines contain lead, mercury or arsenic. BBC News

stroke

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:06:12 GMT

- Portsmouth researchers develop virtual reality physiotherapy treatment for stroke patients. BBC News, Daily Record p.21, Scotsman

Parkinson's Disease

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:06:37 GMT

- conference paper describes promising new drug treatment for Parkinson's Disease. BBC News

depression

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:07:05 GMT

- new helpline launched for people with depression in East Lothian. Evening News (home edition) p.17

terminal care

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:07:36 GMT

- Lothian scheme gives elderly patients the right to die at their care home or hospice. Evening News (home edition) p.17

blindness

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:08:03 GMT

- Scottish Vision Strategy unveiled in Edinburgh. Evening News (home edition) p.19

- NICE issues guidance on drugs for treating age-related macular degeneration. BBC News

NHS fraud

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:08:33 GMT

- English Counter Fraud unit says fake sick notes are being sold on the internet. BBC News

data protection

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:08:57 GMT

- NHS Dumfries and Galloway reports loss of patient information on memory sticks. BBC News

cervical cancer

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:09:26 GMT

- Scottish Government website encourages teenagers to take the HPV vaccine. Evening News (home edition) p.10

sexual health

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:10:01 GMT

- ISD's "mystery shopper" exercise assesses Scotland's genitourinary clinics. Evening News (home edition) p.6

hospices

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:53:56 GMT

- debate on the future of St Margaret's Hospice continues. Herald p.15

assisted suicide

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:54:55 GMT

- patients call on NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to retain suspended GP Iain Kerr. Herald p.7, 15, Daily Record p.12

waiting times

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:55:20 GMT

- ISD publishes latest update on waiting times in Scotland's hospitals. Courier, Daily Record p.12

- Scottish Government news release.

medical education

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:55:44 GMT

- topping-out ceremony performed at Suttie Centre in Aberdeen. Press and Journal

blindness

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:56:18 GMT

- NICE issues guidance on drugs for treating age-related macular degeneration. BBC News

heart disease

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:56:47 GMT

- NICE issues guidance on care and treatment people with inherited high cholesterol. Herald p.13

obesity

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:57:14 GMT

- Conservatives launch campaign to encourage overweight people to exercise and eat better. Herald p.6

nutrition

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:57:48 GMT

- Professor Witold Zatonski comments on Scottish eating habits. Daily Record p.8

alcohol misuse

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:58:26 GMT

- young Scots risking their sight in "one-in-the-eye" fad. Daily Record p.9, Scotsman p.3

- Glasgow study links binge-drinking with risk of early dementia. Herald p.11 (no web version)

self-harm

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:58:56 GMT

- Stirling study reveals the extent of self-harm in teenagers in Scotland. BBC News

- study compares self-harm rates in eight European countries. BBC News

- Edinburgh woman Dionne McMillan discusses her years of self-harm. BBC News, Herald p.13

suicide

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:59:22 GMT

- ISD publishes statistics on suicide in Scotland in 2007. Courier, Press and Journal

- Labour Party raises concerns over rise in suicide rates in Scotland. Scotsman p.9