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NHS Fife doctors failed to notice tumour was growing on patient’s vagus nerve before cutting it
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Doctors failed to notice tumour was growing on patient's vagus nerve before cutting it

Perthshire family call for ultra-processed foods to be removed from school meals
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Family call for ultra-processed foods to be ditched from school meals

Ayrshire mum battling cancer in hospital realises dream of seeing son get married 
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Mum battling cancer in hospital realises dream of seeing son get married 

Fife dad with incurable brain tumour in plea over drug that ‘gave him his life back’
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'I was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour - this drug gave me my life back'

Wood-burning stoves linked to 2,500 deaths a year, study finds
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Wood-burning stoves linked to 2,500 deaths a year, study finds

Paediatric heart surgery paused due to staff shortage at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children
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Paediatric heart surgery paused due to staff shortage at children's hospital

Community care in Ayrshire credited with saving life of man with Down’s Syndrome given ‘weeks to live’
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Community care credited with saving life of man with 'weeks to live'

Decontamination unit to be refurbished after hundreds of procedures cancelled in Aberdeen
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Decontamination unit to be refurbished after 'substance' found on sterile surgical tools

Fewer A&E patients seen within four-hour target in October, figures show
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Fewer A&E patients seen within four-hour target in October, figures show

Number of Scots with long-term health conditions at record high
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Number of Scots with long-term health conditions at record high

Code red patients forced to wait as long as 18 hours for ambulance – Tories
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Code red patients forced to wait as long as 18 hours for ambulance – Tories

Scots mum gets second chance at life after contracting ‘flesh-eating bug’
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Mum gets second chance at life after contracting 'flesh-eating bug'

‘We need help, not pity’: Student doctor speaks out for arthritis sufferers
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'We need help, not pity': Student doctor speaks out for arthritis sufferers

‘My rare disease is getting worse – I want more time to play with my children’
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'My rare disease is getting worse - I want more time to play with my children'

Restart A Heart Day: Here’s where free CPR demonstrations are happening across Scotland
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Where can you get free CPR lessons in Scotland?

Do not eat: Tesco free-from breadcrumbs pulled from supermarket shelves over gluten allergy fears
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Free-from breadcrumbs pulled from shelves over allergy fears

Aberdeen surgeon removes ‘grapefruit-sized’ tumour from two-year-old girl on hospital ship
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Scots surgeon removes toddler's 'grapefruit-sized' tumour on hospital ship

NHS apologises after mum suffered fourth-degree perineal tear during birth
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NHS apologises after mum suffered fourth-degree perineal tear during birth

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