Cancer survivors who feel lonely tend to have a greater risk of dying, research suggests. The study, led by the American Cancer Society (ACS) and published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (JNCCN), found that cancer survivors with the
Britain’s rocketing levels of family breakdown are behind the explosion in the numbers of young people seeking help for mental disorders, a former Conservative party treasurer will warn in a Lords debate today (Monday April 22). Lord Farmer, a prominent Tory donor
French athletes at the Paris Olympics will be offered better protection for their mental health, officials said. This comes in response to heightened online harassment and cyberbullying. France’s sports minister is working with other ministries on ways to better support the mental
The suspect who fatally stabbed six people and injured more than a dozen others on Saturday at a busy shopping center in Australia before being shot and killed by a police officer was identified as a man suffering from mental health issues.
Ministers are considering banning the sale of mobile phones for all under 16-year-olds. It comes as soaring mental health cases among teenagers have provoked widespread fears that social media and smartphones are to blame. Nearly two-thirds of the public support a ban,
Labour last night warned of a “mental health crisis” after the number of children needing hospital treatment due to self-harm shot up. Hospitals recorded more than 20,000 admissions in one year, an increase of more than a third compared to 2012. The
A 28-year-old Dutch woman is slated to be euthanized next month because of her struggles with mental illness after her psychiatrist said her condition will never improve. Zoraya ter Beek lives in a nice house in a small Dutch town near the
Nigerian swimmer Akinrodoye Samuel has tried to raise awareness of mental health in Africa’s most populous nation, swimming nearly 7.45 miles, the length of the longest bridge in Lagos where many people have jumped to their deaths. Samuel, a swimming coach, said
Princess Kate Middleton has announced that she’s been diagnosed with cancer following major abdominal surgery in January. The Princess of Wales has just begun a treatment regimen of “preventative chemotherapy,” she said in a video message. (Max Mumby/Getty Images) ROYAL RECOVERY –
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