29 h. 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

39 h. 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.

Politics

60 h. 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

7 d. 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

Events

8 d. 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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9 d. 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

9 d. 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.

Events

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

1 week 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...

Events

1 week 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

Events

2 w. ago Sweet dreams... are we sleepwalking into a catastrophic health crisis?

Sleep depravation is an overlooked issue that Dr Andy Galpin thinks urgently needs addressing. Will Rogers-Coltman find out more

Events

2 w. ago Donald Trump health in crisis as he uses makeup to hide recurring bruise

Photographs of President Donald Trump show him sporting a familiar, dark-purple bruise on the back of his right hand which he appears to keep trying to hide with makeup

Politics

2 w. ago Covid inquiry live: children paid ‘huge price’ to protect rest of society in pandemic, says Johnson

The former prime minister says method for adjudicating exam results ‘must have been bitterly disappointing to students’Former prime minister Boris Johnson tries to give the inquiry context around the decision making on the closure of educational settings. He says:Don’t forget that we didn’t know the effect this disease had on kids. We didn’t know much about the transmissibility of the disease. There were all sorts of things that were simply unknown and difficult to plan for. And the thing was moving very fast.And from the point of view of No 10, we were focused very much on trying to stave off, trying to avoid an appalling public health crisis, and we were focused on getting enough ventilators, on getting enough PPE, trying to avoid a significant number of casualties, and I think it’s important for the inquiry to focus, to remember that at the time that the school closures were first mentioned, they were seen as something you put in at the peak of the pandemic, and we didn’t think w...

Politics

3 w. ago Overdose in America: analysis reveals deaths rising in some regions even as US sees national decline

Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds wide geographical disparities in fatalities linked to the public health crisisOverdose deaths continued to rise in some communities across the US even as they declined nationally in 2024, according to an exclusive data analysis by the Guardian, which found wide geographical disparities in fatalities linked to the public health crisis.The revelation comes just months after public health officials heralded a 27% drop in overdose deaths, a feat that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) attributed to factors including expanded access to the overdose-reversal drug naloxone and substance-use treatment, and shifts in the drug supply. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago King Charles battling health crisis as Prince Andrew book 'plunges Crown into chaos'

Prince Andrew is set to be exposed in a new book by his accuser Virginia Giuffre.

Events

3 w. ago Teenagers facing ‘emerging crisis’ of high death rates, global study warns

Non-communicable diseases like heart ailments, stroke and diabetes now account for nearly two-thirds of world’s total mortality and morbidity

Events

3 w. ago High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns

Alcohol, suicide and injuries driving rises among teenagers and young adults despite overall rates falling, authors say The world faces “an emerging crisis” of higher death rates among teenagers and young adults, according to a major study on the causes of death and disability worldwide.The reasons vary from drug and alcohol use, and suicide in North America, to infectious diseases and injuries in sub-Saharan Africa, the researchers said, but warned that their data should serve as “a wake-up call”.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago The UK is nearing a wellbeing crisis point and people are in deep pain, says GP Dr Amos Ogunkoya

‘There are lots of walking well whom, if I asked, ‘are you in pain?’ the answer is yes.’ says Dr Amos Ogunkoya in this episode of Well Enough

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4 w. ago 'I'm a man who struggled with mental health – we need to do more to tackle crisis'

Tommy Hatto has opened up about his struggles with mental health on social media to encourage others to share their stories, or to seek the help they need to recover

Events