Top 20 discoveries made in Scotland
2 VACCINATION
3 IMAGING Aberdeen University conducted the first clinical whole-body MRI scan in August 1980.
4 ANTI-TB THERAPY The 'Edinburgh method' of combined therapy is recognised as the most important treatment for tuberculosis.
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Hide Ad5 TOBACCO CONTROL Recognition of adverse effects of smoking was spearheaded in Scotland.
6 ANGIOPLASTY Widens heart arteries.
7 RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS The system used for testing and measuring effectiveness of new drug treatments.
8 ANTI-VIRAL THERAPY FOR HIV
9 STATINS Cholesterol-lowering drugs.
10 KIDNEY DIALYSIS
11 ACE INHIBITORS Drugs to treat high blood pressure, heart problems and kidney disease.
12 ENDOSCOPY/ LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY Allow doctors to examine inside the body without the need for surgery.
13 TREATMENT FOR STOMACH ULCERS
14 KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION
15 BETA-BLOCKERS
16 SPREAD OF MODERN HOSPICE MOVEMENT
17 LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
18 INHALED THERAPY
Medication administered via an inhaler.
19 WHO ANALGESIC LADDER
Stepped approach to pain management.
20 ERYTHROPOIETIN Artificial hormone used to treat anaemia.