Health

The life-threatening shock of her husband’s sudden brain bleed has led a Black Isle woman to the brink of a payback marathon challenge.

A Highland man whose family has been blighted by Huntington’s disease and is now fighting it as well remains fiercely positive about the future.

Beautiful artworks have popped up at sites dotted all across the Highlands - after the Highland Hospice launched its latest sculpture trail.

Assistant chief-exec Kate Lackie says the local authority had continued to fund the service ‘without fail’ and would have continued to do so.

An Evanton trishaw project is already contagiously “putting a smile on people’s faces” in the village, with hopes of reducing loneliness.

Inverness Shinty Club’s own team mascot dropped in to the Inverness Donor Centre to show support for our Give Blood, Save Lives campaign.

NHS Highland has named its new Director of Public Health.

Alma was in her final year at Avoch Primary when she started to feel unwell. What happened next kickstarted a dramatic chain of events.

The National Autistic Society Scotland says its Highland Information Service will be forced to close due to lack of funding.

A walker who suffered a leg injury on an iconic Ross-shire peak triggered a full callout of a mountain rescue team.

A lack of sleep and work-life balance were among the areas impacting the mental health of farmers and crofters, according to a new survey.

The visit came on the back of a sobering report outlining a care home sector ‘teetering on the brink of crisis’.

Have you ever wondered about what actually happens to the blood you give?

Speaking at the spring conference he believes ‘we can win’ Caithness, Sutherland and Ross.

A call for an emergency summit on social care in the Highlands has been backed by one of the region’s biggest independent care providers.

Every Highland resident offered a Covid-19 vaccine this spring is being urged to come forward, get jagged and stay protected.

It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘hanging out with friends’ at the park.

Highland News & Media editor Megan Carr has shared how a sudden thyroid cancer diagnosis changed her life forever.

A Wester Ross care home closed last summer due to staffing challenges is set to re-open soon, it was confirmed today.

The analysis reveals an 18% drop in care homes over 10 years while the over-75 population rose by almost 72%.