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May, 31

It was a one-in-a-million miracle when a baby girl was delivered successfully despite growing in her mother’s ovary rather than the womb. This miraculous delivery of the girl was said to be one in 100,000 successfully deliveries in which babies grows outside the womb. The baby spent almost nine months inside her mother’s right ovary and was delivered successfully after a Caesarean.

The doctor Andrew Miller who operated Durga the miraculous baby said, its an extraordinary and unusual delivery which has been successfully taken out, its really very rare if anyone would have seen a ovarian pregnancy as we have here. The baby was born healthy weighing 61b 3oz.

Medical experts also said that such Ovarian Pregnancies are one of the rarest variations of ectopic pregnancies and also have a risk of loss of life for the mother. Due to this undue risk in most of the cases pregnant women opt for abortion. It was shocker for all when doctors found that the baby squeezed into the right ovary and was growing in the ovary. It was a miraculous moment and happy when the baby finally was delivered live and healthy.

May, 30

If you are an expectant then try to beat your stress before it gets worse. In a new research it was found that stress during pregnancy can double the risk of having a stillbirth. The study has also found that stress may directly lead to stillbirths which have been seen in many cases.

In a test done on monkeys it was seen that stress hormones might reduce the blood flow to the placenta, thereby restricting the supply of oxygen to the foetus. Doctors have suggested that one should give proper attention towards the emotional health of pregnant women’s and always try to keep them in a stress free mood.

Even those women’s who are in the professional front should be given flexible working hours, so that they don’t over stress themselves during pregnancy period. Though in this fast and furious life, stress has become a part and parcel of everyone’s life, but sometimes this stress could ruin one’s dreams and expectations.

What is Stillbirth?

A stillbirth means “quiet birth” which occurs when a foetus which has died in the uterus or during labor or delivery exits a woman’s body. The term is often used in distinction to live birth or miscarriage. Most stillbirths occur in full term pregnancies.

May, 29

Abortion rates are moving at a great pace in Scotland, last year’s figures have shown a record number of such abortion cases. It is known that in 1968 Britain has legalised abortion, but with the rate at which this trend is moving has soon become a serious issue.

If we look into the figures we can find that about 13,703 cases of abortions were carried out last year, which nears an average of 38 abortions per day. These figures were far more than the figures of previous years. All these figures show how rapidly abortion is becoming a part of the lives for people of Scotland.

The most shocking fact which emerged from these rising abortion cases was that, about 372 patients having abortions were under 16 years of age. Other than that, the rate of abortion was highest among the age group of 16-19 years (24.9 per 1000) and 20-24 years (24.5 per 1000) at the second spot. Among all this, the number of late abortions dropped last year with only 44 terminations carried out at 20 weeks or beyond.

The cases of abortions emerged more in poor areas, with 17.4 per 1000 in such highly deprived areas compared to only 9.6 per 1000 in less deprived areas. Now its a huge ask for the government and health departments to act bravely in order to tackle this growing trend. If this soaring rate of abortion will continue in the same way then soon abortion will become a fashion in Scotland.

May, 26

The first eco-housing fair in UK which will start on in the month of August will showcase over 50 houses of the future. These future homes will take shape in the outskirts of Inverness; these future homes will not only feature the design of homes in future, but will also exhibit the different styles of interior designing to look for.

In this futuristic fair the builders will deliver their expert skills in giving a new dimension to the construction sector. This fair will feature about 54 show homes, out of which 40% will be affordable while remaining 60% will be available for sale.

It was hardly felt by experts and people to make affordable home more qualitative and well designed. Taking out a key point out, Fiona Porteous (Highland Housing Fair Project Manager) said, “Given fossil fuels are fast running out, and the current housing model we have in the UK is just not sustainable.

She further said it’s the need of the hour to make a change in the way new homes are designed, so that they could be made from sustainable resource in the future and will thus do not require traditional energy resources”. It is thought that this upcoming fair will definitely attract a huge crowd, giving them the chance to have a glimpse of the future homes; it will also give a new dimension to the present construction style which need a makeover.

May, 22

Scotland is facing a serious drought of epilepsy nurses these days, giving a real tough time for the patients suffering from this disease. Now the situation is such that there is a great need for a better care to these epilepsy sufferers before the situation gets worse.

It was seen that not one health board in Scotland has the required number of specialist nurses. The patients are forced to go for other health boards to get the needed treatment and care. Expressing his views over this serious issue, Susan Douglas-Scott Chief Executive of Epilepsy Scotland said, “Managing epilepsy is hard work and yet Scotland has just 24 nurses who specialises in caring for people with epilepsy”.

These nurses use to treat the epilepsy patients with great care and support when ever a need arises. It is a harsh fact that no health board yet meets the recommended numbers of specialist nurses which is required. These specialist nurses deals with a lot of works relating to epilepsy, from epilepsy management, treatment, pre-conception planning and also deliver training for GPs. As per the Joint Epilepsy Council for the UK and Ireland one nurse is required for a population of 100,000. And to match with this target Scotland would be requiring three times more specialist nurses.

The government and health boards have a big ask on their hands to meet the required number of such specialist nurses.

May, 20

If you are clue less why suddenly the number of cars in the streets of UK has dropped, then check out the soaring prices of petrol and diesel. Travellers in UK are now-a-days are sweating a lot with the confusion whether to travel or not to travel by their cars, this jump in fuel prices has made the life of travellers restless.

If we look at the prices of petrol we can make out how sharply the rates have gone up this year. Even the petrol retailers association had predicted a further rise in petrol by 5 pence a litre by the weekend. In a poll done by AA which included about 17,500 members found that 16% people have cut short their traveling using cars, other 27% people had slashed their spending on other areas to meet the extra price, while about 21% had done both the ways to meet the increased prices of petrol.

It is said that one of the reasons for the jump in prices of petrol and diesel is the rise in the wholesale price of oil which has affected the retail price of fuel. If we compare the present price of petrol and diesel, we can clearly find the difference in the previous and present price which is further expected to go up. The official figures have shown that the car traffic had suddenly fallen by 2% with this surge in petrol rates. Now all eyes are whether the current trend of petrol and diesel price will drop or will remain the same in near future.

May, 17

In this new era where girls have over powered guys in almost all departments, a shocking figure has shown how girls are committing crimes lightly. The number of offences done by girls has soared up to a great level in recent years. Figures have showed an increase of 25 per cent in the number of crimes by Girls in England and Wales. This new trend in the crime ratio has pointed out a fact that girls are committing more number of offences these days in comparison with boys.

If we look at the figures, we can see that girls committed 59,000 offences in the year 2006-07 which is far more than of previous years. These crimes include robberies, assaults, criminal damages, and other offences. In this growing number of crimes about half of such offences were committed by young girls between 10 to 17 years of age.

This rapid jump in such crimes by girls is said to be also due to the teenage drinking and drug abuse which is making them more violent and use to such crimes. The study has found that such behavior of girls needs to be tackled in the initial stage before things get worse.

May, 15

After a long of wait of 40 years the rail service between stirling, Alloa and Kincardine is all set to start off again. This 13 mile stretch of track reopens on Monday by the Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson. This announcement has given the people of the region something to cheer for.

It was also informed that a steam train is also expected to make its first trip from Alloa to Stirling. This new rail service will offer passenger easy connectivity between these destination with an hourly direct service between Alloa, Stirling and Glasgow.

Along with passenger trains this route will also support a lot for the freight service. Now all eyes are on the official reopening of this rail route.

April, 13

Obesity has become one of the scariest things for people of Scotland; this rich country holds a huge number of obese population which has put Scotland in the second spot for being the second obese nation in the world. Many programmes and campaigns have been so far implemented to overcome this vast problem. Moving a step forward a new drive has been launched recently to break this jinx which is haunting Scotland for quite a long time.

This new obesity eradication drive will be focusing specially on children, meanwhile the Mend (mind, exercise, nutrition- do it) programme will focus on to make sure that the children and their families are well aware about the nutritional value of food. Mend has started its initiative in East Ayrshire, in which children and their parents are taking part in two sessions a week for a total of ten weeks. In this educative session they will gain essential information regarding nutritional values, importance of exercise and also will motivate them to stick to a healthy living.

It was also informed that after this informative session gets over in the East Ayrshire region, it will then be launched for other places like Aberdeen, Borders, Glasgow and Edinburgh. This programme which was started to control the growing obesity issue is gaining positive feed backs from many families. People are benefiting from this session and are very excited to move on to a healthy life.

Obesity has not only affected ones physical identity, but also had made them psychologically weak. Obese people have to go through many harsh realities in our society and have to live a discarded life. There are instance when this mental trauma makes them to go for suicidal attempts. Well the problem seems very big and scary, but we ourselves are responsible to develop this fat trouble in a slow course of time. Its better to stick to a healthy diet, so that one doesn’t regret afterwards.

With the active participation by people of Scotland towards these health programmes it seems as if Scots have very well understood the ill-effects of obesity and are desperately looking for a better and healthier tomorrow.

May, 7

The number of flyers operating in and out of highlands has gone up to a record high last year. This rapid increase in the number of flyers has been remarkable over last year. If we look at the overall figures we can clearly see that about 1270023 passengers used the ten airports which were operated by the Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. The Dundee airport too experienced a busy year with around 64,639 passengers flying from Dundee with a jump of 22 percent.

According to Inglish Lyon, the MD of HIAL, it was the effective role of the air transport system in the region and also the committed efforts of airlines, that made passengers opting for air transport. Along with this Loganair contributed a lot by giving the far remote areas easy access. The new services being started by Flybe is also eyed to bring in more air traffic in coming months.

There are plans for starting few new air services which will help passengers to travel easily and without hassles. These new routes will give passengers better connectivity and good service. In the same stride Laganair will be launching Belfast and Birmingham service at Dundee which will benefit a large number of flyers. Along with this many more other new plans are in the pipeline which will be taking shape in coming years which will give a great help to the flyers.