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Substance misuse and tobacco addiction are among topics being discussed at two-day conference opening today (April 3).

New understanding of the value patients place on 'self-management support' in coping with conditions such as chronic pain is to be developed.

Annually across the globe billions of dollars are spent in the healthcare industry on tens of thousands of clinical trials - but how useful are they?

The relationship between behaviour and health will be discussed at a free lecture in Aberdeen this week.

Developments in technology to provide clinical healthcare at a distance will come under the spotlight at a conference this week.

The impact of lifestyle choices on how we age will be discussed by one of the University of Aberdeen's newest faces at a key talk taking place tonight (March 5).

A chemical found in plants could reduce the symptoms of a rare muscle disease that leaves children with little or no control of their movements.

The impact of common male cancers will be discussed next week (Feb 24) at the first in a new season of Café MED public talks.

Dons' fans who shed a combined 27 stone on a pioneering healthy living initiative will tonight (February 6) hear of the scheme's success at a meeting at Pittodrie.

When we need healthcare - which most of us do at some point in our lives - we want it to be good healthcare. And good healthcare is what NHS Scotland and many health services internationally aim to provide. But what counts as good healthcare?