Introduction Chronic orofacial pain (ie, pain in the face, mouth, or jaw for at least one day each month for the last 3 months) is often debilitating and challenging to treat.1 Individuals with chronic orofacial pain often experience marked emotional …

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released suicide and self-harm data for LGB+ people in England and Wales for the first time ever.  The numbers paint a grave picture. People identifying as LGB+ are over twice as likely to self-harm or take …

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released suicide and self-harm data for LGB+ people in England and Wales for the first time ever.  The numbers paint a grave picture. People identifying as LGB+ are over twice as likely to self-harm or take …

Gay, lesbian and bisexual people are twice as likely as their straight peers to attempt suicide or have thoughts of taking their own life, new figures have revealed. (Getty) Content warning: This article addresses issues such as self-harm and suicide. …

BY ELLA GAUCI, IMAGE BY PEXELS Trigger warning: this article contains discussions about self-harm and suicide A new report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that LGB+ people are two times more likely to be at risk of suicide or self-harm …

Assistant Trade Minister Tim Ayres argues US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs were an act of “economic self-harm”. The US President imposed a 90-day pause in reciprocal tariffs, and the tariff level has been brought down to a universal 10 per …

Inmates at a North East prison are using shower gel and toothpaste to make their own drugs. Concerns over safety at HMP Durham have been raised in a new report into conditions at the jail published today. Self-harm in the prison increased by 34 per cent …

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The risk of suicide and self-harm for people who identify as gay or lesbian, bisexual or another sexual orientation (LGB+) is more than twice as high as for their heterosexual peers, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS found that …

In 2022, as American inflation soared to heights unseen since 1981, prominent US Democrats spent much of the year blaming corporate greed. Forget the $5 trillion surge in the money supply or Washington’s runaway borrowing. No, they argued, inflation was …