Health

More than one in two people with illness or disabilities who took the government to court after losing out on benefits went on to win their case.

New changes to allow automatic access for people with MND will not be implemented until the financial year 2020/21.

Scotland’s tap water has become the first in the world to gain international approval for keeping teeth healthy.

A charity is urging people to consider volunteering to support older veterans whose lives have been distressed by hearing loss or tinnitus.

A leading mental health charity has reacted to “worrying” findings in a report showing an increase in the use of compulsory treatment.

The next Borders public holiday is Monday, October 14.

A Borders man who lost his son to suicide, joined other friends and family members at a switch-on event in Glasgow to highlight the tragic rise in the number of people taking their own lives across Scotland.

A man who received a life-saving liver transplant in 2017 has visited Melrose Abbey, one of three in the Borders which were illuminated green in support of Organ Donation Week (September 2 – 8).

The country’s first online map showing weekly organised health walks in the Scottish Borders has been launched.

People are being encouraged to learn the symptoms of leukaemia during Blood Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) which takes place throughout September.

Air Ambulance charities are aiming to raise awareness and much-needed funds during National Air Ambulance Week (NAAW), September 9 to 15.

Health chiefs in the Borders have voted to axe nearly half of the region’s acute dementia beds. 

Live Borders is inviting the people of Eyemouth to come along to their Healthier, Happier, Stronger Taster Day to see just how easy it is to become more physically active.

The Dermatology department of the BGH has received a PUVA machine costing more than £23,000.

In January of this year, Alzheimer Scotland Borders resource centre moved into Kelso town centre.

Thousands of children in Scotland could be at risk of having a life-threatening asthma attack as they return to school after the summer holidays.

The number of men being tested for bowel cancer is at its highest ever level in Scotland.