82 m. ago Starmer in leadership crisis as he denies authorising ‘attack’ on health secretary

Briefings by PM’s allies over potential challenge to Labour leader leave him weakened ahead of crucial Budget

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23 h. ago Man who blew himself up in a Cybertruck outside Trump hotel was suffering a mental health crisis, report says

The man responsible for the Las Vegas New Year’s Day attack would have been described as a “military hero” had he not planned the attack, law enforcement officials said

Politics

49 h. ago Readers' Letters: We need to look at Scotland's mental health crisis

Holyrood must get to grips with mental health of nation, says reader

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51 h. ago Pornography has become a 'public health crisis', Strictly winner Ore Oduba declares as he details addiction to explicit online content that brought him to the brink of suicide

Oduba described how the addiction gave him panic attacks, hurt his relationships and cost him 'thousands of pounds' on subscription sites.

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61 h. ago Air pollution levels surge in India's capital, sparking rare protests

A thick layer of smog has enveloped India’s capital, New Delhi, as pollution levels surge, worsening a public health crisis

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66 h. ago One in five A&E patients were looked after in a corridor this summer, damning figures reveal

ONE in five A&E patients were looked after in a corridor this summer, figures reveal. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said it has become so common it is “a source of national shame”. It quizzed doctors at 58 hospitals in England during July and August. It also found 78 per cent believe patients are...

Science

4 d. ago Chronic kidney disease has more than DOUBLED since 1990 to 800 million, experts discover: 'It's a growing global health crisis'

The condition, which causes the kidneys to gradually stop working, is already thought to contribute to 45,000 deaths in the UK alone.

Science

5 d. ago Owen O’Kane and Matt Johnson on the men’s mental health crisis

Men and boys are told to "man up," but suicide is still the biggest killer of men under 50. To mark Men’s Mental Health Awareness month, Sunday Times Bestselling author Owen O’Kane, and broadcaster and mental health campaigner Matt Johnson discuss the UK’s male mental health crisis. Together with podcast host Emilie Lavinia, they discuss the most common symptoms of anxiety and depression that are often missed, how and when to seek help the simple tools for supporting good mental health and wellbeing.

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6 d. ago Disabled people who want to work say they can’t due to ‘chronically underfunded’ welfare system and accessibility issues

Author of major review on how to keep people in work warns UK is ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’ amid ‘enormous’ cost to employers from ill health among workers

Economics

8 d. ago 'I've been close to death multiple times thanks to accident in 2011'

Amani suffers with ongoing physical, mental, cognitive, and emotional challenges

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1 week ago NHS dentists crisis sees surge in GoFundMe appeals from desperate people in pain

The British Dental Association brands it ‘Victorian’ that Brits having to beg for charity to pay for essential dentistry which should be available on the NHS

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1 week ago The nature extinction crisis is mirrored by one in our own bodies. Both have huge implications for health

Modern life is waging a war against ecosystems around us and inside us. Keeping our own microbes healthy is another reason to demand action to preserve the natural worldHuman bodies are like cities, teeming with microcitizens – vast communities of viruses, fungi and bacteria that live all over our skin and inside us. Unsung public servants help us digest food, regulate our immune system, defend against pathogens, and keep hormones in check. Together, they make up what we call the human microbiome.Most people have probably heard of the gut microbiome, but different microbes thrive all over our bodies – in our nostrils, on our feet, in our eyes. They are slightly different, like boroughs are composed of different communities of people. Ninety per cent of cells in our body are microbes, and “clouds” of bacteria come off someone’s body as they enter a room. We are all walking ecosystems, picking up and shedding material as we move through life. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Left lying in excrement for 20 hours and scenes ‘like war films’: The elderly patients neglected in NHS hospitals

New report reveals ‘heartbreaking’ stories of elderly patients left to languish in hospital corridors for hours as experts warn of ‘crisis in plain sight’

Science

1 week ago Corridor care crisis as traumatised patients witness deaths and liken NHS hospitals to a war zone

Elderly people are among those subjected to degrading treatment, with many left languishing on trolleys in urine-soaked bedding and no privacy, Age UK says.

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1 week ago NHS consultant crisis as bosses spend over £674m a year filling up to one in three posts with locums

Managers regularly wait over 12 months to secure a candidate, placing a strain on finances and impacting on efforts to cut waiting lists.

Economics

2 w. ago Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals

Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisisRising global heat is now killing one person a minute around the world, a major report on the health impact of the climate crisis has revealed.It says the world’s addiction to fossil fuels also causes toxic air pollution, wildfires and the spread of diseases such as dengue fever, and millions each year are dying owing to the failure to tackle global heating. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Brigitte Macron gender row trial begins as 10 'trolls' face jail for cyberbullying

Seven of the 10 'trolls' have appeared in a Paris court accused of harassing Brigitte Macron so badly that she suffered 'a serious deterioration in her physical and mental health'

Politics

2 w. ago Brigitte Macron 'suffered serious deterioration to her physical and mental health' as a result of cyberbullying that claimed she was born a man and acted like a 'paedophile', court hears

They are accused of claiming the 72-year-old was born a man, and that she was 'a paedophile' who abused her husband, 47-year-old President Emmanuel Macron , when he was a boy.

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2 w. ago Health Secretary must get grip of NHS mental health crisis to protect our heroes

"Health Secretary Neil Gray needs to get a grip and sort out the mental health crisis in our NHS."

Society

2 w. ago Inside looming NHS winter crisis as hospitals face ‘armageddon’

Every winter is a challenge for the NHS. But doctors fear this year could be one of the worst yet, as a ‘hugely concerning’ early flu season, a surge in A&E demand and the overhang of a devastating summer put the creaking health service under huge pressure. Medics and officials tell Rebecca Thomas about why they are more scared than ever before

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