Eating meat may improve mental health, study claims  

Eating meat may IMPROVE mental health and one in three vegetarians are depressed, study claims Study found vegetarians are twice as likely to take medication for mental illness   Scientists found vegetarians are nearly three times as likely to consider suicide Researchers reviewed 18 studies involving a total of 160,257 participants  By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: … Read more

Scientists to test if drugs for cancer, depression and high blood pressure can treat coronavirus

Scientists are in a race against time to test both existing drugs and experimental therapies in the hope one of them can slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Among those are medications used to treat cancer, high blood pressure, gout, heartburn and depression. Researchers believe the pills may help with a variety of conditions … Read more

Faryal Makhdoom on having post-natal depression in lockdown after welcoming son

Faryal Makhdoom and husband Amir Khan welcomed a son in February (Picture: Sopa) Faryal Makhdoom has had a rollercoaster few months, after welcoming son Muhammad Zaviyar with Amir Khan in February. Just days after the little one was born, the UK was sent into lockdown, amid the coronavirus pandemic – and she got to work … Read more

Nobel-winning economist says US ‘will have a Great Depression’ if Trump is in charge 

Nobel prize-winning economist slams Trump’s handling of the coronavirus as making the US look like a ‘third world’ country – and warns of a ‘Great Depression’ if president stays in charge Joseph Stiglitz delivered the harsh criticism of President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis while describing how Americans had been impacted  ‘The numbers turning … Read more

The moment Julie Goodwin ‘fell apart’: MasterChef star reveals brutal reality of mental breakdown

The moment Julie Goodwin ‘fell apart’: MasterChef winner reveals the brutal reality of her mental breakdown – and how she took her life back after six weeks in a psychiatric ward By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:52 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 00:10 BST, 23 April 2020 Julie Goodwin has spoken … Read more

Timid children become introverted adults with fewer friends

Behavioural inhibition and shyness at infancy leads to a reserved, introverted personality by the time a person reaches their mid-twenties, new research shows. US neuroscientists found that infants with ‘behavioural inhibition’ grew up to be reserved and have fewer human interactions aged 26. Individuals who showed sensitivity to making errors at the age of 15, … Read more

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The recovery that followed The Great Depression should give us hope

Even today, almost a century on, the shadow of the Great Depression hangs heavy.  To most of us, the very phrase conjures up images of the winding dole queues, haggard faces and starving children that we associate with the 1930s. And, of course, we all know how that particular story ended. The crowds in Berlin, … Read more

Reese Witherspoon divulges details of her postpartum mental health battles

‘My anxiety manifests as depression’: Reese Witherspoon divulges details of her postpartum mental health battles… and reveals she was ‘heavily medicated’ after pregnancy The star shares daughter Ava, 20, and son Deacon, 16, with her ex Ryan Phillipe, and son Tennessee, seven, with husband Jim Toth  On motherhood and depression, the esteemed actress candidly went … Read more

UK economy losing £2bn every day in deepest slump since Great Depression

UK economy losing £2bn every day in deepest slump since Great Depression By Hugo Duncan And Ruth Sunderland For The Daily Mail Published: 22:29 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 16 April 2020 The coronavirus lockdown has already wiped £50 billion off the economy as the UK plunges into the deepest slump since … Read more

Study shows that cats get separation anxiety when we leave them alone just like dogs 

Cats aren’t as indifferent to owners as they seem: Study shows they get separation anxiety when we leave them alone just like dogs  Researchers surveyed 130 cat owners from Brazil about their furry friends One in ten cats were reported to exhibit problematic behaviours when left alone These included aggressiveness, depression and inappropriate defecation Anxiety … Read more