Does the death of a healthy sixyearold girl mean we have underestimated swine flu? Tracking the way the virus mutates is the key to controlling it says Wendy Barclay.

Entering a care home can be painful financially as well as emotionally. We explain how to make the most of your resources.

Avoid having to sell your home to pay care fees.

The swine flu pandemic has become "unstoppable" and all nations will need access to vaccines a WHO official has said as 12 new deaths were reported.

Aware that she was running out of time and fed up with men who wouldn't commit Emily Caston decided to try for a baby using donated sperm. Here she tells the story of her eventful journey to single motherhood.

WOMEN in Scotland are being urged to consider alternative contraceptives to the Pill or condoms in an effort to cut the number of unwanted pregnancies and repeat abortions.

YOUNGER Scots from deprived backgrounds are about six times more likely to die from heart disease than those who are better off, research revealed yesterday.

FOOTBALLER Colin Hendry's wife, who died after botched cosmetic surgery, was "horrified" the General Medical Council failed to alert other countries about the surg

THE UK government yesterday sought to reassure worried parents following the death of a six-year-old girl who contracted swine flu.

MOTORISTS in Scotland are the most likely in the UK to get behind the wheel after taking drugs - but the least likely to drink and drive.

Researchers in the July issue of Annals of Surgery identify a consistent relationship between the timing of antimicrobial prophylaxis and surgical site infection risk.

Doctors in the latest issue of the Annals of Surgery find that early ERCP is associated with fewer complications in predicted severe acute biliary pancreatitis if cholestasis is present.

Concomitant immunomodulators do not improve efficacy or pharmacokinetics in IBD patients who receive maintenance infliximab, finds a study in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

Primary care patients with chronic HCV have lower disease-specific knowledge than specialty patients, but their quality of life does not differ, finds a study in the August issue of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

The incidence of gastric and duodenal ulcers in the placebo arms of NSIAD trials has not changed significantly over the last 3 decades, find researchers in the August issue of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

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