9 h. ago Scotland's bookshops hailed as haven for young and old amid mental health crisis

Scots are being urged to celebrate their high street stores ahead of national Bookshop Day on Saturday, October 11.

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13 h. ago 'Silent health crisis' leaving one group vulnerable to four conditions

GP and women’s health specialist Dr Janine David said one in five people were at risk

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38 h. ago The Burden review – deeply personal portrait of living with Aids in secret

Elvis Sabin Ngaibino’s poignant documentary shows the pressures faced by family members forced to keep their condition hidden in their deeply religious communityShot in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, Elvis Sabin Ngaibino’s engrossing and poignant documentary is a family affair. The subject is none other than his cousin Rodrigue, who is consumed with a weighty secret: both he and his wife Reine are living with Aids. Within their deeply religious community, the condition is sorely misunderstood; in his fervid sermons, the local pastor associates Aids and HIV with witchcraft, curses, and even God’s punishment. Such superstitious and moralistic sentiments take deep root in the minds of the believers, worsening the social stigma surrounding an ongoing health crisis.Unable to speak their truth, Rodrigue and Reine are torn between their private troubles and public personas. The sensorial soundmix powerfully conjures the cacophony of voices that envelop their daily existen...

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3 d. ago NHS dentistry crisis sees thousands of kids hospitalised to have teeth extracted

Mirror’s Dentists for All campaign petition surpasses 50,000 signatures as Royal College of Surgeons brands the oral health crisis ‘a public health emergency’

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5 d. ago Loose Women's GK Barry loses it over TikTok lookalikes in hilarious meltdown

Loose Women star GK Barry begs fans to stop tagging her doppelgangers on TikTok after waking up to hundreds of lookalikes, calling it a “mental health crisis"

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5 d. ago Stacey Solomon joins Britain's Got Talent after Simon Cowell health crisis

Britain's Got Talent bosses were forced to replace Simon Cowell with a fan-favourite star at the last minute after he fell ill during the auditions in Birmingham

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6 d. ago Brave Prince William opens up about moment the 'rug was pulled from his feet' upon learning his wife and father had cancer

The heir to the throne says the Royal Family has generally been 'very lucky' with their good health, which is why last year's double health crisis came as such a shock.

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8 d. ago Kate Gosselin, 50, lands in hospital over mystery health crisis as she asks fans to 'pray'

She posted an image of her hand hooked up to an IV in a hospital bed, asking: 'Please pray for me tonight and tomorrow. I will be fine, but I'm scared and would appreciate your prayers! Thanks, guys.'

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9 d. ago Viagra crisis as number of Brit men hospitalised for painful erections lasting hours hits all time high

A RECORD 518 men in a year needed hospital treatment for painful erections, figures show. And the NHS prescribed Viagra a record 4.7million times last year. Of the 518 cases in the year to March 2025, 410 were emergency admissions for priapism — where the penis remains erect for over four hours. The remainder had...

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2 w. ago Putin's contagious Kamikazes: Russia sends sick troops with HIV and other illnesses into 'meat grinder' assaults amid health crisis ravaging his forces

Russia is sending soldiers infected with HIV , hepatitis and other contagious diseases to the frontline as part of a desperate strategy to 'ultimately prevail', military analysts have warned.

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2 w. ago Teflon diet, garlic milk and zebra cows triumph at 2025 Ig Nobel prizes

Researchers into idea to blend powdered PTFE into food as a zero-calorie filler to curb hunger win chemistry prizeFor decades scientists, doctors and public health officials have battled to solve the obesity crisis. Now researchers have won an Ig Nobel prize for a radical new approach: slashing people’s calorie intake by feeding them Teflon.The left-field proposal was inspired by zero calorie drinks and envisaged food manufacturers blending powdered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) into their products in the hope it would sate people’s hunger before quietly sliding out. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago I used to have wonderful vaginal orgasms. Why did they stop – and how can I get them back?

My husband and I still have sex – but something’s missing. Is stress the culprit?I’m a woman in my 50s and have been with my husband for decades. We have always had a wonderful sex life and I used to be able to climax vaginally very easily, often without clitoral stimulation. During an eventful time for the family a couple of years ago, my libido and ability to climax disappeared, though they did eventually return. A few months ago, I had a health crisis, which has slightly impaired my coordination on one side. Although I have recovered very well, I am again experiencing a loss of libido and sexual sensation.We continue to have sex regularly and I enjoy the intimacy. I can climax with clitoral stimulation but it takes a long time and can be almost physically painful. I really miss vaginal orgasms and the release they brought. Although I am of perimenopausal age, I have no obvious symptoms and a hormone test came back normal.Pamela Stephenson Connolly is a US-based psychotherapist wh...

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3 w. ago Free toothbrushes at schools across England to tackle ‘Dickensian’ oral health crisis

Dentistry minister Stephen Kinnock says: ‘It is Dickensian that a third of five-year-olds in the most deprived areas of this country have suffered tooth decay’

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3 w. ago Mass vaccinations underway and towns locked down as panic over Ebola pandemic 'crisis' spreads

Health officials have begun rolling out mass vaccines to combat an Ebola 'crisis' that has caused towns to go into lockdown and has sparked pandemic fears from global health organizations.

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