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Focuses on the speakership of physician David Owen in the meeting of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in Scotland. Concentration on the white paper and the reform of the public health services; Dejection of Owen on the modification of the National Health Service; Privatization of the health services.

Focuses on `Towards a Healthier Scotland,' a report about public health in Scotland. Goal of the report; Expectation of Sam Galbraith, the health minister on the program of the government on health; Details on the health initiatives of the government.

Presents information on the white papers of England and Scotland and their benefits and problems. Detailed information on these papers; Details on the benefits; Problems with these papers.

Offers medical news briefs for four research papers that were published in JAMA or Lancet during 2005. Researchers found that erectile dysfunction could be a signal for cardiovascular disease in American men. Proton pump inhibitors and H2 receptor antagonists are being linked to the increased incidence of Clostridium difficile infections in the United Kingdom. A study on dementia found that it is a global problem that will aflict 81 million people by 2040. A study in Scotland found that sudden infant death syndrome is associated with complications in other pregnancies.

Presents a commentary on the annual dinner of the Medical Curling Club in Scotland. Conversation among guests about the National Health Services paper 'Partnership for Care;' Details of the comments made about the health care profession.

Reports on Scotland's development of its health service along different lines from the rest of Great Britain according to the National Health Service's white paper `Designed to Care.' Inability of Scottish general practitioners (GPs) to manage budgets for secondary services; Encouragement of GPs to form local cooperatives; Removal of budgets to result in stagnation of service development.