E-cigarettes can be key weapon in battle against smoking, insist MPs
Rules around e-cigarettes should be relaxed to help accelerate already declining smoking rates, MPs have said. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16443484.e-cigarettes-can-be-key-weapon-in-battle-against-smoking-insist-mps/
Low-carb diets linked to shorter life expectancy, study finds
DIETERS focus on shedding the pounds – but more rarely on the long-term consequences of their diets. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16421617.low-carb-diets-linked-to-shorter-life-expectancy-but-too-much-also-associated-with-early-death/
Shining a spotlight on highs and lows in the political world
The Herald today launches the Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2018, recognising those who played a key role in one of the...
Secrets of lost nuclear bunker to be revealed
THEY were the lonely Cold War outposts set up to document and chart the devastating effects of a nuclear attack on the UK....
Patients with personality disorders need more support, say psychiatrists
PERSONALITY disorder must be a mental health priority, Scotland’s psychiatrists have said as they launched a report urging the Scottish Government to improve...
Teachers and parents sound off to Swinney on education policy
IT made for disturbing listening both for Education Secretary John Swinney and the public. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16439324.teachers-and-parents-sound-off-to-swinney-on-education-policy/
Fans take high road for last Runrig gigs
A few will take the high road. A few will take the low. And many more will break their bonnie banks to do...
Ian McConnell: Bad week for doomsayers on Scotland but Brexit chaos is big threat
IT has been a most inauspicious week for doomsayers on the Scottish economy. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/16439428.ian-mcconnell-bad-week-for-doomsayers-on-scotland-but-brexit-chaos-is-big-threat/
Kenny MacAskill: For the sake of society the wealthy must be made to pay their way
GORDON Brown rightly raised escalating child poverty at the Edinburgh Book Festival. and to be fair he made efforts when he was Chancellor,...
Universal basic income is attempt to ‘euthanise the working class as a concept’
Proposals to introduce a universal basic income (UBI) in Scotland, which would provide everyone with a flat-rate income regardless of employment status, have...
