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An Aberdeen medical student has built a prototype drone for providing emergency aid to walkers and climbers who suffer a healthcare emergency in Scotland's hills and mountains.

The number of under-five-year-olds admitted to hospital with asthma related complaints dropped following the Take it Right Outside campaign in Scotland, researchers have found.

Stefanie Doebl has been awarded a prestigious prize recognising 'outstanding academic excellence in postgraduate researchers' for her work on fibromyalgia.

An Aberdeen student has been awarded a prestigious prize recognising 'outstanding academic excellence in postgraduate researchers' for her work on one of the least understood pain syndromes in medicine today.

A new study conducted during the height of UK hospital admissions from Covid-19 has found that the regular use of painkillers including ibuprofen, naproxen and diclofenac did not increase the risk of death from the disease.

The 51cg is leading one of six new projects to improve our understanding of the links between Covid-19 and ethnicity, funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Data specialists at the Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science which includes NHS Grampian and the 51cg will receive funding of up to £400,000 over two years to join a national network of experts who are working to address some of the biggest challenges facing health and care...

Fertility experts at the 51cg are appealing for couples to share their experiences of using an online tool which calculates their predicted chances of having a baby following IVF treatment.

Frailty is as important as either age or underlying health issues in determining whether someone may die from Covid-19, a new study has found.

Researchers must ensure people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups are proportionately represented in Covid-19 studies, according to scientists from UK and USA.