Treating serious gum disease in diabetics can help to lower their blood sugar levels, a new study has found. Edinburgh University scientists have found reducing gum inflammation in people with diabetes can help minimise complications with the condition. It is thought when bacteria infect the...

By Maddy SavageBBC News Some 65% of doctors say they can "rarely" offer psychological therapy to depression sufferers within two months of referral, a study suggests. The Royal College of GPs survey of 590 UK doctors also found 15% said access to psychological services was only...

By Jane ElliottHealth reporter, BBC News When keen golfer Marlene Evans started to suffer excruciating pain in her hips she feared the worse. "Even if I turned over slightly in the night, a shooting pain from my hip would wake me," she said. "The final straw came when I was...

A sticking plaster approach to treating skin cancer has been unveiled at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. The light-emitting Ambulight PDT device has been developed in an attempt to make the treatment of skin cancer faster and more comfortable. Clinicians said the plaster avoided scarring and...

Scientists have developed a gene test which predicts how well chemotherapy will work in cancer patients. Starting with 829 genes in breast cancer cells, the team whittled down the possibilities to six genes which had an impact on whether a drug worked. They then showed that these genes could...