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Scottish Children Have Worst Dental Health In Europe

A new research has found that Scotland's kids continue to have the worst dental health in Europe with over 75 percent of the country's overall dental problems found in children aged less than five years.// ..The NHS has taken serious note of this and has asked parents to start their kids off on healthy dental habits at an early age to prevent dental decay. It is generally accepted that decayed b...

Scottish Health Minister Launches Organ Donor Plan

Scottish Health Minister, Andy Kerr has urged to increase awareness of organ donation among his country people as it could save lot of human loss dying // due to organ failure and non-availability of organ donors. Organ failure of heart and liver causes heavy human loss of young people and their lives depend on organ transplantation. The Ministry is popularizing the usage of Donor cards and regi...

Scottish Hospitals Have 1000 Alcohol-Related Cases Each Week

A new report available with the Scottish Parliament says that almost a thousand people end up in the hospital each week due to drink-related problems. //.. ..The report, which was available in the parliament yesterday, showed that "51,599 people were discharged from a general acute hospital last year." This was indeed a massive jump when compared with just 13,890 a decade and a half ago. "The pro...

Lack Of Sperm Donors - Scottish IVF Clinic Closed

Due to reduced number of sperm donors nationally, the Scottish IVF clinic at the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital has been forced to say ‘no’ to its new patients//. ....Patient enrolled in the fertility treatment at Scotland has been plunged into crisis because government has said patients treated halfway may need to register in next city’s waiting list due to sperm lack. ....Sandra Kant, the clini...

Boom In Sexually Transmitted Infections In Senior Scottish Citizens

Sexually transmitted diseases like HIV are increasing exponentially in over-50s in Scotland causing widespread concern. Official figures reveal that the rate// of sexually transmitted diseases had more than trebled in this segment of the population. ....Infections like chlamydia and herpes are also rising rapidly in senior citizens in Scotland. Health workers feel older citizens are ignoring th...

Scottish Dentists Serve the Homeless

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde are providing dental service for the homeless people.// .. It is officially launched on the 20th of July. It is mainly to cater to the need of the people living in the streets and those living in temporary accommodation. The service consists of two dentists and support staffs. According to a recent survey it was found that homeless people have high levels of tooth d...

Scottish Children Attracted To Serious Gambling

Researchers from Glasgow Caledonian University have found that almost one in 10 Scottish children have a gambling problem. They conducted a survey of more than 2,000 students studying //in west-central Scotland and discovered that almost 9 percent of children aged between 13-16 demonstrated behaviors that could lead to gambling addiction later in life. ....In the age group of 11-12 years, 6 perce...

Crackdown On Fraud By CFS Helps Scottish Health Service Save ￡7.4

Counter Fraud Services (CFS) investigating illegal claims for treatment saved ￡7.4m last year by tightening the grip on health service frauds.// ....The frauds ranged from patients lying to get free medication to dentists failing to put enough gold in patients' fillings. A pharmacist involved in the theft of prescriptions, which netted him ￡120,000 in payments, was also forced to repay the cash...

Three Scottish Hospitals Fail To Meet Cleanliness Standards: NHS

Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary, the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley and the Raigmore in Inverness do not maintain hygiene standards, according to the quarterly report// released by NHS in Scotland. ....The study categorized hospitals by traffic light with red for hospitals failing to meet even 70% of the set standards, amber for hospitals in the 70% and 90% range and green for above 90%. In cas...

Overseas Trained Nurses To Be Allowed To Retrain For Scottish Jobs

Overseas-trained nurses will be given ￡5,000 to retrain themselves to work in the NHS in Scotland. Health minister Andy Kerr said that the Scottish Executive had put aside ￡1.25 million over two years on this plan.// ....This plan will be directed at nurses who are trained outside Europe and are not licensed to practice in Scotland, he added. .. RA...

Scottish Prisons May Get Needle Exchange Programs

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has said that it is considering introducing a needle exchange program in jails from next year. In prisoners drug taking can trigger// diseases like Hepatitis C and HIV. ...."If you look at prisoner surveys some say they have shared needles in prison. There will always be people who continue to take drugs in prison," a SPS spokesman told BBC. "If you're not going...

One-Third of Scottish Pregnancies, a Mishap

A study has found that nearly one-third of pregnancies in Scotland have been accidents, throwing a big //surprise to prospective parents, who are totally unprepared for it. ....Researchers analyzed the surveys of almost 4,000 women who participated in prenatal classes at an Edinburgh hospital, and additional 907 who had approached the hospital for abortions. .. ..Nearly 90% of the women, who w...

BMA Welcomes Scottish Executives Move to Raise the Purchase Age of Cigarettes

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Scottish Engineer Devises Versatile Hand

At 8,500 a piece it doesnt come cheap. But the new bionic hand, developed by a Scottish engineer, is termed a massive advance on previous artificial limbs . ... ...It can't click its fingers or play the piano but there's not much else it won't do. ... ...It can, for instance, turn a key in a lock, hold a wine glass or punch a pin number into a cash machine. ... ...David Gow who works with wi...