Health

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s new 3D exoscope helped 13-year-old Toby Peart recover quickly from brain tumour surgery, a first for Scotland.

Hormone-focused green prescriptions look new, but New Zealand began writing them in 1998 and Britain scaled them nationally, data now show.

A QMU graduate’s dissertation finds reusable period products promised under Scotland’s 2021 law remain hidden from students five years on.

Hamilton’s pilot Alcohol and Drug Problem Solving Court cut local drug deaths by up to 17% in two years, as Scotland’s prisons hit record highs.

New FoI data shows Scotland reviewed just 40 of 105 recorded deaths of children in care since 2021, despite double the death rate of other kids.

A Freedom of Information probe found over 5,000 NHS Scotland data breaches since 2023, with 182 staff disciplined and six cases sent to police.

Scotland has opened a 12-week consultation on stripping colour and branding from vape and tobacco packaging to curb youth vaping rates.

India’s health ministry has opened its draft National Health Research Policy for public comment, with submissions due by July 27, 2026.

A Nature Food microsimulation of 3,447 Scottish adults found capping heavy red meat eaters could prevent 59,248 type 2 diabetes cases over ten years.

The FDA just warned about smartwatch blood pressure features. Here is the short list of wearable metrics doctors trust, and the long list they don’t.