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Image copyright Getty Images Actress Denise Welch has been praised after sharing her experience of the “unwelcome visitor” of depression. The Loose Women panellist posted a series of videos on Twitter, in an attempt to explain depression “to those who are fortunate enough not to suffer”. “As someone who professes to be a mental health […]

Image copyright Shannon Heagren Image caption Grayson Heagren has been on the organ transplant list since Christmas Eve The mother of a toddler waiting for a heart transplant since Christmas Eve has said she and her family are living “from one day to the next”. Shannon Heagren was told her son Grayson, now 17 months,

Thailand’s prime minister has urged people in Bangkok to wear face masks to filter out unhealthy air pollution as smog enveloped the capital. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha warned in a statement on his Facebook page Monday that the concentration of tiny dust particles had reached unsafe levels and said he ordered government agencies to expedite

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGwion, 15, Olwen, 13, and Grace, 17, discuss the pressures teenagers can face A new research centre will aim to “shine a light” on why young people develop mental health problems. The £10m Wolfson Centre at Cardiff University wants to develop new ways of reducing anxiety and

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption‘I’m proud that I did it, but looking back it shortened my life’ Firefighters have called for more protection after research found they were being exposed to dangerously high levels of harmful chemicals. Their plea echoed scientific research that said firefighters were at risk of getting cancer

Image caption The new equipment is able to precisely scan a prostate gland A new ultrasound technique is being hailed as the biggest breakthrough in the technology for more than 60 years. Developed a Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, it produces images that are 10 times better than current scans. Researchers believe its ability to precisely

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption There is a gender gap in the treatment of heart attacks, the report says Women who suffer heart attacks are dying needlessly because they fail to recognise their symptoms and receive poorer care than men. says a British Heart Foundation report. Over 10 years, more than 8,000 women in

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCocaine and alcohol ‘muddles the mind’ Mixing cocaine and alcohol together creates a “deadly combination” which can increase violent and impulsive behaviour, doctors are warning. At least 13 “self-inflicted” deaths happened in a year in England among people who took the two substances, the Victoria Derbyshire programme

Image copyright Jovanmandic The health secretary has said he is “looking very seriously” at making vaccinations compulsory for all children going to school in England. Some experts have suggested it may be necessary to address falling rates of immunisation and a surge in diseases like measles. Matt Hancock told an event at the Tory conference

Image copyright Getty Images US retailer CVS has become the latest to suspend the sale of a heartburn drug being investigated for links to cancer. It follows concern in several countries over the presence of impurities in Zantac and other ranitidine products. Canada and France have already announced Zantac recalls. The US and the European