Health

A Ross-shire woman has won the backing of an MP in her heart-breaking two-year plight to live closer to the hospital her daughter depends on.

Autism and Neurodiversity North Scotland is expanding in the Highlands, and is keen to occupy premises on a Dingwall business park.

A lifesaving charity that transports vital medical supplies across the Highlands and Islands free of charge for the NHS has received a funding boost.

NHS Highland has launched an app to help new dads in the north cope with the significant change in their life.

A woman moved by the plight of patients who spend prolonged periods at the Highlands’ only mental health hospital is setting up a charity for them.

The new resource was built on previous work by MOO Food in Muir of Ord.

Tain's weekly health walks continue on Wednesday (April 17) with a trip to Hilton of Cadboll.

Walking, cycling or gardening is good for our health - but we may need to be cautious about a sudden increase in activity, says our columnist.

NHS Highland is working to “improve patient experience” after we unearth evidence of excessive waiting times for people requiring emergency treatment.

High Life Highland is raising awareness of the support available in the region to mark World Parkinson’s Day today (April 11).

New mental health resource centre for Invergordon, after a charity relocates from their Alness premises.

For over 20 years I was allergic to cats. Not the slight sneezy type of allergic either.

The most popular baby names in the whole of Scotland in 2023 where Luca and Isla - but what topped the lists in the Highlands? Read on to find out.

Royal they may be, but they’re people too. Let’s grant them breathing space.

MSP Fergus Ewing worries that could ‘threaten the availability of safe provision of other acute services such as trauma.’

Cake, coffee and chat were among the ingredients for a successful inaugural ceilidh night at a Highland community cafe.

Our public health department has two principal priorities as part of work to improve and protect the health of Highland people, writes Dr Tim Allison.

A hillwalker from Beauly is about to embark a new journey to climb all of the Grahams in Scotland – after three cancer diagnosis in the past 12 years.

I was diagnosed with menopause at 15, but no one told me that anxiety was a prominent symptom that almost destroyed who I was.

Callum Beattie dropped in to Fortrose Academy yesterday (March 19) to meet some of the youngsters making a difference in their community.