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30 years on, professor fell victim to a deadly legacy of grim Scots hospitals
EXPOSURE to asbestos in "grim" Glasgow hospitals killed a Scottish medical professor 30 years later, an inquest has found.
We all fell sick, and when I checked the mushroom book it said 'deadly'
A BEST-SELLING novelist who accidentally served potentially lethal wild mushrooms to his wife, sister and brother-in-law has spoken for the first time of his ordeal.
Doctors still prescribe diabetes drug despite heart attack warning
A POPULAR diabetes drug is still being prescribed, two months after a safety body recommended its withdrawal amid concerns the drug can increase the risk of heart attacks.
Call to give pharmacists more say in care homes
Medication errors in old people's homes could be avoided if pharmacists were put in charge, new research has suggested.
Great Scottish Runners set a new record
A RECORD-BREAKING 23,000 competitors took part in Scotland's biggest race yesterday.
Floss away blood-clot danger
Bugs escaping from the mouth employ a survival trick that can trigger deadly blood clots, research has shown.
Trick caffeine way to training harder
Tricking people into thinking they have been given caffeine before a workout actually makes them train harder, research out today suggests.
Scots top UK food waste list
Scots admit to throwing away almost £500 worth of food every year, according to a supermarket survey out today.
Fife Diet cuts carbon emissions by over a quarter
PEOPLE following the "Fife diet" - a drive to source as much locally produced food as possible - generate more than a quarter less carbon than the UK average, a report
Bailiffs' tactics 'leave 50% feeling suicidal'
MIND games used by aggressive debt collectors can cause suicidal feelings and have a "devastating" effect on mental health, a charity has warned.
Long wait ahead for safer cigarettes
TRIALS of so-called "safer cigarettes" have produced promising results but are still some way from becoming a reality for smokers, researchers will reveal this month.
