Charity warns of dangers of ‘binge tanning’

12:40am Monday 5th May 2008

Jane Kirby Young people are risking their lives by indulging in "binge tanning", it is claimed today.

Cancer treatment that could save 7000 lives a year edges towards trials

12:29am Monday 5th May 2008

Scotland's leading cancer expert has revealed that clinical trials which could save the lives of 7000 people annually will start within a few years.

By GERRY BRAIDEN

Scientists probe genetic code behind diabetes and cardiovascular disease

12:28am Monday 5th May 2008

John von Radowitz A section of genetic code has been linked to expanded waistlines, excessive weight, and a tendency to develop diabetes.

NHS body’s guidance on Alzheimer’s drug is criticised

12:54am Friday 2nd May 2008

The Appeal Court in London ruled yesterday that an NHS advisory body should have been more transparent in the way it made decisions over Alzheimer's drugs.

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By JAMES MORGAN reporter

Auction of work by Mackintosh’s wife

12:35am Wednesday 30th April 2008

A pair of painted and jewelled gesso panels by the Scottish artist Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, the wife of famed architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, are to be auctioned at Christie's in London today.

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By PHIL MILLER, Arts Correspondent

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