Roger Waters | Rock concerts | Use-by dates | Exercise | SmartphonesRegarding Jeremy Beecham’s thoughts on Roger Waters (Letters, 19 April), I think we can take it as read Waters would not encourage Madonna to support the Assad regime by playing Damasc…
Exclusive: London’s UCLH creates tool predicting 90% of no-shows – potentially saving NHS millionsA leading hospital has developed artificial intelligence to predict which patients are most likely to miss appointments.University College Hospital in Lon…
UK police and charities praise plan to hold firms liable for not taking down harmful contentNew laws proposed to tackle social media companies streaming child abuse, extremism, terrorist attacks and cyberbullying have been welcomed by senior police and…
Researchers found screen use before bedtime to be unrelated to mental health problemsScreen time has little effect on the psychological wellbeing of teenagers, regardless of whether they use devices for hours a day or just before bedtime, according to …
Brexit and mental health | WB Yeats | Naked protesters | James Corden | AI | Clare in the CommunityWith the impact that Brexit is having on our mental health (‘A swell of real despair’, G2, 4 April), is Brexiety now costing the NHS more than £350m a we…
Exclusive: Long-awaited government white paper proposes regulator to enforce duty of care and fine offendersSocial media executives could be held personally liable for harmful content distributed on their platforms, leaked plans for a long-awaited gove…
The digital world is often blamed for being one of the causes of a global mental health crisis. But it could offer solutions tooThe world’s mounting mental health crisis isn’t just about the vast numbers of people falling ill. It’s about the tiny numbe…
Cyberdelic VR is being used to treat trauma and even simulate near-death experiencesHuman beings have become nothing more than data in flesh suits. That’s the gist of Team Human, the 2018 TED Talk from media theorist Douglas Rushkoff. Certainly, there …
Digital public services face challenges but some developments, especially in health and social care, have been life-changing When Michael Seres became the 11th UK person to undergo a small bowel transplant, he started blogging about his experiences. He…
The ‘Dieselgate’ scandal was suppressed for years – while we should have been driving electric cars. By Beth GardinerJohn German had not been looking to make a splash when he commissioned an examination of pollution from diesel cars back in 2013. The e…
Conceptualising this disorder as a disease wrongly suggests the origin of the problem lies within people, writes Simon GibbsBy suggesting that social media “addiction” might be treated as a disease (Report, 18 March), MPs risk doing society a grave dis…
Bespoke breasts, cloned frog meat and a gold gimp suit all feature in a remarkable new exhibition exploring the cutting edge of scienceJohn A Douglas has a lot to thank medical science for – not least the new kidney he received in 2014 from an anonymou…
The way this industry operates is toxic. Shows such as Love Island have to take better care of contestantsThose of us who are grieving the loss of our mate Mike Thalassitis, who died on Saturday, remain shocked at his death. However, even now, you won’…
Facebook et al have 3 billion users. We should be focusing on living with it, rather then abandoning, restricting or censoring itIs social media addictive? The issue is complex, and probably generational.It’s obvious that what social media does to us, …
Fourteen-year-old viewed harmful content online before killing herself in 2017Police have said it is “highly likely” they will be able to access data on devices used by Molly Russell, who killed herself aged 14 after viewing harmful content online, a c…
Report suggests sites such as Facebook and Instagram could be harming mental healthSocial media addiction should be considered a disease, MPs have said, in a sign of the pressures facing technology companies and the growing concern over the impact soci…
More work needed to see if wearables can help screen for heart problems, but researchers call study encouragingA huge study suggests the Apple Watch can detect a worrisome irregular heartbeat – but experts say more work is needed to tell if using weara…
Following reports of dangerous therapies being promoted in titles being sold through the site, a number have been quietly withdrawn Books that promise cures for autism through potentially dangerous therapies have been quietly removed from Amazon over t…
Highly gendered, Insta-friendly and sold online – medication is being peddled for first-date nerves and public speakingIf you have ever spent more than five minutes on Instagram, you’ll probably be familiar with the sleek pink packages that indicate so…
Health professionals lack understanding of sexual function and desire in later lifeBack in 2001, the idea of older adults being sexually active was still very much a taboo. I had just landed my first job since completing my PhD: it was to manage a proj…
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