http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/healthScottish Health News | Herald ScotlandenCopyright 2013 Herald & Times Group all rights reservedMon, 20 May 2013 21:35:04 PDTCopyright 2013 Herald & Times Group all rights reservednoScottish Health News | Herald Scotlandhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/us-surgery-could-help-disabled-boy.21132079http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/us-surgery-could-help-disabled-boy.21132079A MOTHER is hoping to raise £50,000 for surgery she believes could transform her son's life.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/bed-sharing-danger-to-new-babies.21132167http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/bed-sharing-danger-to-new-babies.21132167Around 120 baby deaths could be prevented in the UK every year if parents stopped sharing beds with their children, research suggests.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/gartnavel-hospital-praised-in-report.21137177http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/gartnavel-hospital-praised-in-report.21137177A SCOTTISH health authority has been praised by the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate (HEI) following an unannounced inspection.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/cancer-charity-slams-enormous-drug-inequality-facing-patients.1369051242http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/cancer-charity-slams-enormous-drug-inequality-facing-patients.1369051242A cancer charity has hit out at the "enormous inequality" in the system for prescribing new medicines.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/fertility-clinic-hit-by-falling-success-rates-faces-new-investigation.21126495http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/fertility-clinic-hit-by-falling-success-rates-faces-new-investigation.21126495FEARS have been raised by the Government watchdog that more patients' treatment may have been affected by a mysterious drop in success rates at Scotland's largest NHS fertility clinic.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/scottish-women-miss-out-on-cancer-testing.21118870http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/scottish-women-miss-out-on-cancer-testing.21118870SCOTTISH women could miss out on access to the genetic testing for breast cancer that prompted actress Angelina Jolie to undergo a preventative double mastectomy.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/call-for-children-to-get-measles-jag.21116323http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/call-for-children-to-get-measles-jag.21116323SCOTLAND'S Chief Medical Officer has called for children aged between 10 and 17 to be vaccinated against measles.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/fears-over-death-rates-at-flagship-scots-heart-hospital.21068608http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/fears-over-death-rates-at-flagship-scots-heart-hospital.21068608DEATH rates at Scotland's flagship heart hospital have raised alarm and triggered an internal review.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/surgeon-facing-fresh-complaints.21068619http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/surgeon-facing-fresh-complaints.21068619A SURGEON who bungled spine operations at a private hospital in Scotland could face further investigation after a tribunal allowed him to work for the NHS.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/scientists-hope-chemicals-found-in-sea-could-pave-way-for-treatments.21093346http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/scientists-hope-chemicals-found-in-sea-could-pave-way-for-treatments.21093346SCOTS scientists have been awarded £6.3 million to scour the seas for chemicals and compounds which could be used to develop new cancer medicines and antibiotics.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/process-to-boost-brain-arithmetic.21104769http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/process-to-boost-brain-arithmetic.21104769A harmless form of brain stimulation can bring about improvements in mental arithmetic skills, according to a new study.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/depressed-women-at-higher-risk-of-strokes.21108648http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/depressed-women-at-higher-risk-of-strokes.21108648Depressed middle-aged women have almost double the risk of suffering a stroke, according to research.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/cancer-sufferer-i-had-to-go-to-england-for-free-drugs.1368720922http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/cancer-sufferer-i-had-to-go-to-england-for-free-drugs.1368720922A cancer sufferer has described the upheaval facing her family after being told she would have to move to England just to get the drug she needs for free.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/anger-as-operations-botch-surgeon-to-keep-practising.21068594http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/anger-as-operations-botch-surgeon-to-keep-practising.21068594A SPINAL surgeon who bungled operations on patients at a private hospital in Scotland will be allowed to operate for the NHS.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/obese-women-and-smokers-to-miss-out-on-ivf.21095746http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/obese-women-and-smokers-to-miss-out-on-ivf.21095746COUPLES struggling to conceive will be limited to two cycles of IVF on the NHS in Scotland in an attempt to drive down waiting lists, with obese women to be barred from receiving the fertility treatment.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/i-am-bitterly-disappointed-but-not-surprised.21068596http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/i-am-bitterly-disappointed-but-not-surprised.21068596DAVID Russell was more than happy when he was offered the chance to have spinal decompression surgery at BMI Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/study-links-epilepsy-and-autism.21079369http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/study-links-epilepsy-and-autism.21079369A link between epilepsy and autism has been dis-covered for the first time, researchers claim.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/msp-to-talk-about-childs-anorexia.21090915http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/msp-to-talk-about-childs-anorexia.21090915AN MSP whose daughter died with anorexia will speak at a conference on eating disorders this week.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/free-ivf-treatment-capped-at-two-sessions-per-couple-to-cut-waiting-lists.1368627477http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/free-ivf-treatment-capped-at-two-sessions-per-couple-to-cut-waiting-lists.1368627477The number of IVF cycles offered on the NHS will be capped at two per eligible couple in an attempt to drive down waiting lists.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/jolie-has-double-mastectomy-to-beat-cancer-risk.21080358http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/jolie-has-double-mastectomy-to-beat-cancer-risk.21080358CANCER charities have welcomed the decision by Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to reveal she has had a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/now-my-risk-is-the-same-as-the-rest-of-the-population.21082859http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/now-my-risk-is-the-same-as-the-rest-of-the-population.21082859Oonagh Wilson, 46, has not had a moment's regret about her decision to have both breasts removed.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/gender-clue-to-living-longer.21082877http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/gender-clue-to-living-longer.21082877WOMEN live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly, a study suggests.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/decision-due-on-surgeon.21068517http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/decision-due-on-surgeon.21068517A SPINAL surgeon who botched operations at a private hospital in Scotland is due to learn his fate today.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/concerns-about-variations-in-care-for-diabetics.21068525http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/concerns-about-variations-in-care-for-diabetics.21068525PATIENTS diagnosed with diabetes as children receive fewer check-ups than overweight adults who develop the condition, according to a new report.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/mussel-oil-hope-for-asthmatics.21078666http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/mussel-oil-hope-for-asthmatics.21078666AN oil discovered in New Zealand mussels by Scots scientists in the 1980s could offer new hope to millions of asthma sufferers.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/surgeon-faces-being-struck-off.21071277http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/surgeon-faces-being-struck-off.21071277A SCOTS spinal surgeon who botched operations on nine patients while working at a private hospital in Glasgow could be struck off after a medical tribunal concluded his fitness to practise was impaired.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/agent-orange-link-to-prostate-cancer-cases.21075656http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/agent-orange-link-to-prostate-cancer-cases.21075656Agent Orange, the controversial herbicide used to clear vegetation in the Vietnam War, has been linked to cases of deadly prostate cancer.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/public-is-urged-not-to-panic-over-virus.21076214http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/public-is-urged-not-to-panic-over-virus.21076214British experts have urged people not to panic after health officials said a potentially fatal Sars-like virus can transmit from human to human.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/heart-attack-patients-filmed-secretly-by-ambulance-staff.21041845http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/heart-attack-patients-filmed-secretly-by-ambulance-staff.21041845PARAMEDICS are secretly filming patients suffering heart attacks as part of a controversial research project in Scotland.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/obesity-link-to-sharp-rise-in-dementia.21061498http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/obesity-link-to-sharp-rise-in-dementia.21061498Rising levels of obesity in middle age could cause a sharp rise in the number of dementia sufferers.nonadult