WHISKY chiefs have made the extraordinary claim that the SNP's policy of minimum pricing on alcohol will cost the flagship Scottish industry a massive £600 million a year

THE NHS in Scotland sometimes fails to come up to the standards the public deserves, the health secretary admitted yesterday, as patients spoke of their own problems with the

AN ELECTION promise to give all primary school children free fruit has yet to be delivered by the Scottish Government, official figures show.

A 16-WEEK-OLD baby boy was fighting for his life last night after being diagnosed with botulism.

A SCOTTISH Government survey of drink prices has shown that minimum pricing will target cheap, high-strength products while leaving others untouched.

A PREMATURE baby was given 100 times the prescribed dose of a drug during treatment in hospital, the child's great-grandfather said yesterday.

ANOTHER person has died after contracting swine flu, bringing the total number of H1N1-related deaths in Scotland to 31, health officials said yesterday.

A FORMER professional footballer has landed a top health post as chief executive of NHS Borders.

A £550 MILLION contract to build one of the largest hospitals in the UK is to be awarded to the Australian company that built Wembley Stadium, it was claimed last night.

A BREAKTHROUGH by Scottish scientists could help lead to more successful treatments for women with breast cancer, research suggests.

SIR John Crofton - the medical pioneer whose work on tuberculosis is credited with saving many thousands of lives - has died, aged 97.

PATIENTS with arthritis will be able to monitor their disease online as part of a pilot project launched today.

AS MANY as one in seven people will experience tinnitus at some time of their life, but not enough is being done to support patients with the condition, research claims.

A MOTHER who has frozen her newborn baby's umbilical cord as a health precaution yesterday heralded the move as a "potential life-saver".

With more than 500 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts conducted, thousands of students have experienced intriguing science and technology lessons -- plus the thrill of speaking with an astronaut who was on the International Space Station

Earlier this week, two more Congressional Representatives -- André Carson (D-IN-7), and C.W. Bill Young (R-FL-10) -- pledged their support for , The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2009, bringing the total number of cosponsors to 31, (D-TX-18).

Around 5:30 on the morning of October 6, George E. Smith, AA2EJ, of Barnegat, New Jersey, got a phone call that changed his life: He had just found out he had won the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2009 "for

A military institution designed to provide emergency communications has moved to new quarters in the Pentagon. On October 21, John G. Grimes, the former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration, cut the ribbon on the new Military

This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of October.

The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for October is John E. Portune, W6NBC, for his article "The Quadrifilar Helix as a 2 Meter Base Antenna Station." Congratulations, John! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award -- given