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She has been suffering with endometriosis since she was 14

Edinburgh endometriosis sufferer forced overseas for treatment

The pioneering surgery is being offered on the NHS for the first time ever

Edinburgh medics perform UK-first transplant to save teen's fertility

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Mum-of-two and Portobello High School teacher Aimee Horvath has been diagnosed with a rare form of Stage 4 cancer.

Mum-of-two isn't giving up on life despite shattering cancer diagnosis

Amanda Reid.

Children's nurse shaved head daily to pretend she had leukaemia

The Muir family photographed with a cheque

Family raises over £10k for cancer centre after mum's diagnosis

New Health offers clinician-led weight management designed to fit around everyday life, without the need for in-person appointments.

What private weight management treatments are available without NHS?

Andrew Butler is taking on the Tour de 4 challenge

Edinburgh man takes on cycle challenge for sister-in-law with cancer

More than 850 of the hardest-to-reach members of communities across the country will be seen onboard

Mobile dental unit to deliver care to rough sleepers

The health service is ailing under the SNP

SNP failing to meet huge fiscal challenges - Ian Murray

Further changes have been announced affecting Midlothian bus links

New Midlothian hospital services announced following backlash

Foysol Choudhury, former MSP for Lothians

Racism has no place in our NHS or anywhere else - Foysol Choudhury

An outpatient clinic will be housed at St John's, which will also provide inpatient services and day-case surgery.

Hospital's £35m maintenance backlog a 'damning indictment' of NHS

General view of staff on a NHS hospital ward. PIC: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Exclusive NHS must 'drastically reduce' 600,000 cancelled appoinments

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Scotland’s public sector is still catching up with the age of apps - Susan Dalge...

Rachel Conway

Netball star to mark end of Commonwealth Games with new NHS doctor job
She will begin her new career as an NHS doctor on Monday
Neil Pooran

Andy Burnham is set become Prime Minister next week. Picture: PA Media

Burnham has a pivotal chance to change the way we do politics - Alex Cole-Hamil...

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We need ‘own initiative’ powers to solve systemic problems - Lorna Slater

Lisa Petrie has spoken out after the 17-year-old killer who admitted to murdering her son John McNab (left) was sentenced to life behind bars for a minimum of 17 years.

Grieving mum’s campaign forces city council to rewrite bleed kit plans

Nearly two in 10 older people avoided going to A&E during winter last year due to these concerns

Six in 10 over 65s worry about catching flu from A&E trips

The new NHS Scotland app is more limited than its English equivalent

Susan Dalgety: MyCare.scot app is here at last, but was it worth the wait?

This week is National Blood Week

Ad Feature Survey reveals the real reason people don’t give blood

Ian Murray, Minister of State jointly in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Youth unemployment needs urgent action - Ian Murray

Gordon Truong was found with thousands of depraved images of children.

NHS worker caught with over 7000 child sex abuse images on devices

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Catching the chat and not the bugs in the doctor’s waiting room - Susan Morrison

Sharpsmart works with hospitals and healthcare providers across the UK to deliver specialist healthcare waste services.

Ad Feature Sharpsmart strengthens waste service resilience and greener logistics

Co-founders of Predictive Health Intelligence, Tim Jobson and Neil Stevens

Ad Feature New study reveals new way to find serious liver disease earlier
The method will use existing NHS blood test data to identify people with serious liver disease earlier.
Emily Jordan

To claim every nationalist vote cast in the Scottish election was a demand for a referendum on independence is misleading (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Forget Indyref2, John, how about getting schools and NHS done? - Susan Da...

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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton (left) joined by Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey (right) and newly elected MSPs at Newhaven Lighthouse, after doubling their number of MSPs in the Holyrood elections. Picture: Jane Barlow

Change with fairness at its heart ignited by Lib Dem success - Alex Cole-Hamilto...

My eyes were swollen shut and I had started to wheeze as well as sneeze Picture: Alamy/PA

Susan Morrison: Fifty years of living with hayfever is over – I’m a grown up at ...

First Minister and Scottish National Party (SNP) leader John Swinney speaking to host Alan Cumming during event at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh ahead of the upcoming Holyrood election. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Five more years of nationalist power is an exhausting prospect - Sue Webber

Dr Oliver Thomas is standing for Labour in Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith

Doctor says heart attack let him see NHS problems from both sides

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the government is increasing the National Living and Minimum Wage. Picture: Carl Court/PA Wire

Labour proudly puts working people first - Ian Murray

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton on the campaign trail

Economic growth is top of the election agenda - Alex Cole-Hamilton

An artist's impression of the new Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion. But it remains ‘just an SNP manifesto promise’

SNP can’t be trusted to fix our health service - Ian Murray

Alex Cole-Hamilton with the Scottish Lib Dem manifesto

Our offer is a peach of a chance for change - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay with his party’s manifesto.

No, it's not Red Nose Day, just another SNP comedy moment - Sue Webber

Councillor Simita Kumar is leader of the SNP group on Edinburgh City Council

Why I back independence as a working-class Socialist - Simita Kumar

Hospital beds are needlessly occupied because of lack of after care provision

Scotland’s care sector needs urgent help - Alex Cole-Hamilton

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Lorna Slater, Scottish Greens candidate

Why Scotland needs a four-day working week - Lorna Slater

The NHS employee was working at Ellen's Glen House in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh carer stole £62k from patient to fund online gambling habit

Joanna Mowat is Conservative councillor for City Centre Ward and in the running to step into Ruth Davidson's shoes

Let’s wait for report on safe drug room - Joanna Mowat

Valentina was diagnosed with the rare disorder in November

Our daughter was diagnosed with Rett but research gives us hope

Foysol Choudhury, retiring MSP for Lothians

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Unmet palliative care need is expected to rise by 23 per cent over the next 25 years

Now let’s put our efforts into supporting better palliative care - Sue Webber

(L-R) Ian Hobson, Jonathan Bell, Alex Cole-Hamilton and Craig Daker

Edinburgh MSP visits Gyle Centre Specsavers calling for stronger community healt...

Private MRI scans can now be booked directly online, offering faster results than standard NHS waiting times.

You can now book private health scans from £80 – with results in hours

Angie Brown from Bathgate, was diagnosed with with MND with the SOD1 gene variation in February last year

Mum with motor neurone disease says sufferers are 'being left to die'

Evergreen Medical & Wellness Clinic team

Medical and Wellness Clinic opens in Edinburgh's Morningside

Terminally ill women Lisa Fleming (left) and Tish McEwan (right) speak with Liam McArthur MSP during a pro-assisted dying demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament yesterday

Why I won’t be voting in favour of Scotland’s Assisted Dying Bill - Sue Webber

James McPherson from North Berwick, pictured with his children, Harry, Jaime and Cameron.

Thousands raised for dad-of-three after terminal cancer diagnosis

People should not have to go private to receive treatment such as cataract surgery (Picture: Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images)

Huge wait for cataract surgery makes my voting choice clear - Susan Dalgety

SNP Health Secretary Neil Gray

Gray’s veto of Cammy Day appointment is sheer hypocrisy - Susan Dalgety