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Women who start common hormone therapy in their 50s may have 23% lower dementia risk
A new study suggests that postmenopausal women who begin hormone replacement therapy (HRT) around the time of menopause may have a lower risk of developing dementia in later life. Researchers analysed UK Biobank data covering over 183,000 women and found HRT use was linked to roughly a 10% lower risk of all-cause dementia and a…
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Surgeon’s privileged transgender son plays mental health card as he pleads guilty to attacking JD Vance’s $1.4m Ohio home
William D DeFoor, 26, has pleaded guilty to charges of committing acts of physical violence against government officials and causing wilful damage to United States property, following a hammer attack on Vice President JD Vance’s Ohio home in January. DeFoor’s lawyers cited his extensive history of mental health struggles, including a schizophrenia diagnosis, as context…
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Political tax row, gangland trial and record £125m Fernández deal
A thinktank warns Chancellor John Healey he must raise taxes to fund defence spending, an Old Bailey trial exposes a violent North East crime feud, and Manchester City complete a British-record £125m signing of Enzo Fernández. Also: a Sydney teen’s terror plot guilty plea and children’s mental health crises rising.
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“When life is difficult to process, you feel like you’re the crazy one”: Jay Weinberg opens up on therapy following Slipknot firing
Former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg has spoken about the therapy he pursued after his unexpected sacking by the band in November 2023, telling a HeartSupport podcast that he began seeing a Nashville-based therapist “towards the end of 2023, beginning of 2024” on the recommendation of a close friend. He described feeling like a “tangled ball…
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Children as young as SIX suffering mental health crises and turning to A&E after failing to get help elsewhere
New figures from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) show that children as young as six are experiencing mental health crises and turning to A&E in England after being unable to access help elsewhere. The college described the trend as “deeply alarming” and called it a “scandal” that so many children are…
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Say Anything’s Max Bemis Postpones Shows Amid Allegations of Messaging Underage Fans
Say Anything frontman Max Bemis postponed a run of acoustic shows after allegations surfaced that he had sent inappropriate messages to two underage fans, with the band citing his need to prioritise his “mental health and personal well-being.” The claims, first raised via screenshots posted to the Say Anything subreddit, also triggered a public falling-out…
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Mental health nurse who failed to check on a patient she held ‘grudge’ against before she took her own life jailed for neglect
A mental health nurse, Laurence Tchapong, has been jailed for four years after failing to check on a patient she resented for 25 minutes before the patient took her own life. Tchapong should have observed Amy Barber, 22, every five minutes at the Brooklands psychiatric intensive care unit at Clatterbridge Hospital, Wirral, but a court…
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Inside the Perimenopause Industrial Complex
Wired examines the surge in demand for perimenopause and menopause hormone therapy in the US, following years in which the treatment was under-prescribed due to overstated cancer fears. The piece opens with the story of Schrenk, a federal IT specialist whose treatment-resistant depression and suicidal thoughts in her early forties were repeatedly dismissed by doctors,…
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JAY WEINBERG Opens Up About ‘Seeking Therapy’ Following SLIPKNOT Firing: ‘It Finally Felt Like An Unlocking Of A Door’
Former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg has spoken openly about seeking therapy to help him cope emotionally after his unexpected sacking from the band in November 2023. Speaking to Bryce Maopolski of HeartSupport, a charity that provides free, music-based mental health support to fans, Weinberg described the period as feeling like “a tangled ball of rusted…