Health

Many people think that cancer is due to chance, fate or just bad luck. But there is now convincing evidence that around 40 per cent of cancers can be prevented if our lifestyles were to change for the better.

It’s almost five years since the Fiona Elizabeth Agnew Trust was founded and the Scottish charity has had many successes in that short period of time.

Every week in Scotland 70 people will have a sudden unexpected cardiac arrest. That’s a little more than the number of people on a full double decker bus.

A woman who received a life-saving kidney transplant in May 2017 has backed a campaign to increase the number of people on the NHS Organ Donor Register.

Dog owners are being warned about what is thought to be toxic palm oil being washed up along the Buchan coast.

NHS Grampian is confirming that from Monday, March 19, the front doors to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary will be closed off as work on a new entrance to the hospital begins.

Owners of the 5300 convenience stores across Scotland will be the focus of a new awareness-raising campaign on the introduction of a minimum unit price for alcohol.

When Corinne Hutton’s cough hadn’t cleared after a couple of weeks, she’d had enough, so she went to see her GP.

People in Grampian who have been coughing for three weeks or more over the Christmas period are being urged to make an appointment with their GP.

Drivers in Scotland are being reminded that there is zero tolerance for ‘just one’ drink before driving.

A Scottish charity has launched a new online resource to support people who have had or been affected by an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Sitting down at work is often blamed for poor health, but office workers are less likely to die early than a builder, according to a new study.

The Scottish Government has been challenged to come up with “fresh ideas” to combat GP shortages in rural Aberdeenshire.

Only one in ten women in Scotland exceed the recommended amount of exercise per week.

Home is where the heart is, it’s where you are meant to feel the most safe.

YMCA Scotland has joined forces with YMCAs across the UK and Ireland to support a major mental health campaign, as new research reveals the damaging effects of negative language and stereotypes about mental health.

Patients experiencing mental health problems will be better supported – thanks to a half million pound increase in funding.

Mental health is part of everyone’s day to day life, it affects all of us and we all need to talk about it – starting on World Mental Health Day.

Parents of two-five year olds are encouraged to join the fight against flu this winter, by ensuring their children get their flu vaccination.