3 h. ago Child phone use is now a public health emergency, doctors say amid growing fears over damage to physical and mental health

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has written to ministers after a meeting revealed the level of damage witnessed in NHS facilities caused by mobile phones.

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5 d. ago Four months and 40 hours later: my epic battle with 2025’s most difficult video game

When Hollow Knight: Silksong came out last summer I was in so much pain that I didn’t know if I’d be able to play it. Could a video game teach me anything new about suffering?Last year I became uncomfortably well acquainted with suffering. In March I started experiencing excruciating pain in my right arm and shoulder – burning, zapping, energy-sapping pain that left me unable to think straight, emanating from a nexus of torment behind my shoulder blade and sometimes stretching all the way up to the base of my skull and all the way down into my fingers. Typing was agony, but everything was painful; even at rest it was horrible. I couldn’t play my guitar; I couldn’t play video games; I couldn’t sleep. I learned how quickly physical suffering lacerates your mental wellbeing.I’d had episodes of nagging pain from so-called repetitive strain injuries before, the product of long hours hunched over laptops and game controllers over the course of decades, but nothing like this. A few months ...

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8 d. ago DWP PIP waiting times warning over new disability benefit claims

PIP provides financial support to cover additional living expenses for those with long-term physical or mental health conditions or disabilities

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1 week ago Bethell admits ‘tired’ England need to ‘graft’ after hitting Ashes wall in Sydney

‘It was a tough day but that’s what it’s about’Player suggests spin may now play a part in TestEngland hit the wall on day three at the Sydney Cricket Ground, or at least the latest in a series of walls, at the end of which Jacob Bethell admitted mental and physical fatigue was understandably, playing a part. There were dropped catches and some scattergun bowling lengths as Australia batted all day to reach 518 for seven, 134 runs ahead on first innings.“This is proper Test cricket now in terms of the graft and the stuff that you have to put in,” Bethell said afterwards. “It was a tough day, but that’s what it’s about. We’ve got to come out tomorrow, take the three wickets early and get back in again. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Six tips from a physical therapist to keep healthy in your 60s

Keep yourself fit and healthy by addressing these common habits and thought processes

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2 w. ago Thousands of teenagers are being subjected to sexual, physical and mental abuse by their partners in hidden epidemic, experts warn

A survey by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has found that 'far too many' young relationships are being plagued by behaviour that bears all the hallmarks of domestic abuse.

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3 w. ago Inside Karen Carney's vegan lifestyle and how it 'benefits physical and mental wellbeing'

As former English sports journalist and former professional footballer Karen Carney took the Strictly Come Dancing crown this year, we take a look inside her vegan diet

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4 w. ago Dangerous trio locked up after spate of robberies in Tameside

"The attacks left the victims with physical and mental scars"

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