#theguardian.com. × #Nov.20.2025 × NSW police use capsicum spray to subdue 87-year-old man in Sydney nursing home. Police allege man ‘had reportedly threatened to harm other residents and himself while armed with a metal object’
#Health × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.20.2025 × Samoa PM suspends country’s only daily newspaper from press briefings amid dispute over coverage. Prime minister has accused the Samoa Observer of inaccurate reporting during his eight-week medical stay in New Zealand
#Health × #Insular Oceania #New Zealand #Samoa #Americas
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.20.2025 × Rabih Alameddine wins National book award for fiction with darkly comic epic spanning six decades. True to his irreverent style, author of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) thanks his psychiatrist, his gastrointestinal doctors and his drug dealers
#Health × #psychiatrist #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.20.2025 × Electroconvulsive therapy may have more adverse effects than thought. Study calls for depression treatment to be suspended for more research after reports of heart problems and emotional blunting
#Health × #Science
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.20.2025 × Pinprick blood test could detect disease 10 years before symptoms appear, study finds. Molecular profiles will give detailed snapshot of person’s physiology and predict diseases from diabetes to cancer and dementia
#Health × #Science
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × ‘California sober’: marijuana may help you drink less, study finds. Brown University researchers run joint-and-drink study to find alcohol consumption falls after smoking cannabis
#Education #Health × #Science
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × New drug could be a breakthrough in treatment for killer TB, trial suggests. Sorfequiline shows stronger action than existing treatments against illness that killed 1.23 million last year
#Health × #PublicHoliday #New Year's Eve #Africa #New Year
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × WHO to lose nearly a quarter of its workforce – 2,000 jobs – due to US withdrawing funding. Donald Trump’s administration withdrew from the World Health Organization in January, prompting the agency to scale back its work
#Health × #USA #North America #World Health Organization
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Australia’s peak health body for men distances itself from conservative group’s International Men’s Day campaign. Australian Men’s Health Forum says it is not affiliated with Dads4Kids group espousing anti-feminist, anti-LGBTQI+ views
#Health × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania #Australia Group
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 × Coroners’ advice on maternal deaths in England and Wales routinely ignored, study finds. Nearly two-thirds of ‘prevention of future deaths’ reports by coroners are not acted upon, say researchers at King’s College London
#Health × #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.18.2025 × Australia has some of highest consumption rates of ultra-processed foods, researchers say. New series in Lancet medical journal finds UPFs, which make up nearly half the average Australian diet, driving ‘escalating’ burden of many chronic diseases
#Health × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.18.2025 × ‘I had already given my baby a name’ – This is climate breakdown. It started with a migraine but ended in hospital. When Gowend had dengue the first time she had no idea she was pregnant. This is Gowend’s story
#Health × #Weather #Africa #dengue fever
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.18.2025 × ‘I knew I was starting to have a seizure’: women describe lasting effects of being ‘choked’ during sex. Three women tell of blacking out, feeling dazed and dizzy, and of ongoing memory issues and fatigue
#Health ×
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.18.2025 × Nearly half of sexually active young people in UK have experienced strangulation, study shows. Survey reveals crisis of distress, consent issues and physical harm caused by strangulation during sex
#Health ×
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.17.2025 × Nestlé accused of ’risking health of babies for profit’ over added sugar in cereals sold in African countries. Campaigners say the company is contributing to rising rates of childhood obesity, while the firm says it is helping to combat malnutrition
#Health × #Africa
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.17.2025 × UK weather: amber cold health alerts issued for northern England. Warnings in place until 8am Saturday, with sub-zero overnight temperatures also expected to disrupt transport
#Health × #Weather
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.17.2025 × More than 70 ACT public schools closed over health fears from asbestos-contaminated children’s play sand. Education directorate closed schools for assessment and cleaning despite assessing health risk as ‘low’
#Education #Health × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.17.2025 × Two-thirds of nurses in UK work while unwell, says union. Understaffing is driving workers to ill health and discouraging them for taking leave, says Royal College of Nursing CEO
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#theguardian.com. × #Nov.16.2025 × London university sued after expelling student who was impersonated on social media. Former student says she experienced financial problems and mental health issues after being cyberbullied
#Education #Health × #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.16.2025 × ‘There is a gap where Alex should be’: the young woman who lost her life in a neglectful prison system. An inquest has found a Cheshire prison guilty of neglect after Alex Davies, 25, was found dead inside a segregation cell after a lifetime of mental health struggles
#Health × #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.15.2025 × Ethiopia confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus. Africa CDC says at least nine cases have been detected of Ebola-like illness, which kills up to 80% of those infected
#Health × #Ethiopia #Africa #Ebola hemorrhagic fever
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.15.2025 × Todd Snider, alt-country singer-songwriter of Alright Guy, dies aged 59. Influential musician who created Americana hits had recently been hospitalized with pneumonia
#Health × #Showbiz #pneumonia #music #musician
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.15.2025 × Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform. Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity, with the health service unlikely to meet its targets
#Health × #Politics #United Kingdom #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.15.2025 × UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa. Advocates fear that other donors will follow Britain’s reduction to the Global Fund for Aids, TB and malaria
#Health × #United Kingdom #Africa #Europe
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