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‘Children are being used as a football’: Hilary Cass on her review of gender identity services
There is a perfect time to shower – and it’s not when you think
Arwa Mahdawi
Neurology professor Lisa Mosconi: ‘Menopause is a renovation project on the brain’
I was stunned when diagnosed with cancer. Then I had to work out how to tell my son
Hilary Osborne
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‘Doctor Peyo’: the horse comforting cancer patients in Calais – in pictures
An illness in the shadows: life with borderline personality disorder
BPD is one of the mental illnesses we still know least about, but now there is hope of a treatment
Cats, camels and a Jesus lizard: the rise of animal-assisted therapy
Once considered eccentric, using animals in psychotherapy is becoming popular as research reveals benefits
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Sunak accused of making mental illness ‘another front in the culture wars’
Charities say high rates of people signed off work are caused by crumbling public services after years of underinvestment
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Professionals know that mental health is complex – and that MDMA won’t help
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Watching my cancer patients go through treatment alone is heartbreaking
Lucy Gossage
Covid-19 has made this year tougher for those experiencing treatment and those of us who work in cancer care
I tried to take my life five years ago. Now I'm grateful to be alive
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There's a patient I'll never forget. Their burns and screams still haunt me
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I'm disabled but was told I won't receive critical care if I get Covid. It's terrifying
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Of course a society that demonises poverty will try to prosecute vulnerable, unpaid carers
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‘Humiliated’: carer made to pay back £3.8k after mistake declaring income
Sure Start could have changed everything for my family. Labour must be brave – and revitalise it
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DWP warns carers they could face greater penalties if they appeal against fines
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UK small boats policymakers referred to ‘bloody migrants’, says civil servant
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Andy Street ditches Tories in West Midlands mayoral campaign material
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‘My soul mate’: Warwick Davis pays tribute to wife Samantha who has died aged 53
Leak reveals Tory plan to cut cold weather cash for disabled people
Susan Sarandon, Olivia Colman and Paul Mescal join star donors of Cinema for Gaza auction
RNLI says volunteers saved 355 lives last year, with London stations the busiest
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Fee hikes will price us out of canals, say houseboaters in England and Wales
Bed bugs and cockroaches: the legal battle over conditions in a Melbourne community housing block
Forced home moves cost renters over half a billion pounds a year
Tory ‘attack dog’ reheats failed ploy used against Starmer to go for Rayner
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