- March was busiest month ever for A&Es amid meningitis outbreak
by jboshell on April 16, 2026 at 10:06 amA&E waiting times have fallen to a five-year low, despite the NHS seeing record numbers of patients in March as the health service experienced a ‘prolonged winter’. There were a record breaking 2.43 million total A&E attendances in March – 16,000 more than the previous record high in May 2024. Despite the bumper demand, almost
- Public reminded to access care as normal this weekend as NHS staff ‘weather the storm’ of doctors’ strikeby jboshell on April 10, 2026 at 11:01 pm
The NHS is urging patients to seek medical care as normal as resident doctors continue strike action over the weekend. The latest round of industrial action is set to end at 6:59am on Monday 13 April and NHS staff have been working tirelessly to ensure as many services as possible are able to run during
- NHS urges public not to delay seeking medical help, ahead of ‘difficult’ strikeby jboshell on April 5, 2026 at 11:01 pm
The NHS is urging patients across England not to put off coming forward for the care they need during this week’s resident doctor strikes. Industrial action begins at 7am on Tuesday 7 April and runs for six days until 6:59am on Monday 13 April, with hospital teams across the country working to minimise disruption for patients. In addition to prioritising urgent
- Millions of older people to get vaccine against serious lung infectionby rwootton on April 1, 2026 at 11:01 pm
Millions of older people can now get protection against a virus which causes serious lung infections like bronchitis and pneumonia – preventing potentially thousands of hospital admissions a year. All adults aged 80 and over, and people living in a care home for older adults, are now eligible for the NHS respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Over a million people could be offered Wegovy to cut heart attack and stroke risk on the NHSby Tom W on March 31, 2026 at 11:01 pm
A new life-changing treatment option – GLP-1 drug semaglutide known as Wegovy – is set to be available on the NHS within months, with 1.2 million people with cardiovascular disease eligible to receive the treatment to help prevent heart attacks and strokes over the next few years. People with heart and circulatory disease who are
Irrelationship How to Stop Using Dysfunctional Relationships to Hide From Satisfying Ones
- What to Do When Your Partner Won’t Work on Your Relationshipby Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on February 13, 2022 at 8:09 pm
To get unstuck when we are too focused on getting the other person on board, leverage your most intimate and powerful relationship—the one with yourself.
- Why Some People Become Emotionally Distantby Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on December 15, 2021 at 2:22 pm
Unrecognized influences can lead us away from others when we desire closeness. Here’s how to restore connection.
- 3 Ways Gift-Giving Can Cause Relationship Stressby Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on November 26, 2021 at 7:44 pm
Life naturally gets more meaningful at the end of the year, especially during stressful times. Make sure gift-giving and receiving come from the right places.
- The Sex Test Post-Testby Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on January 30, 2017 at 3:47 pm
Irrelationship, the defensive mechanism many couples use when the prospect of true intimacy begins to show itself. It can easily manifest in sex and sexual behavior.
- Can Your Relationship Handle the Sex Test?by Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on December 5, 2016 at 5:51 pm
What happens when sex brings us too close to the very things that it’s ostensibly supposed to: intimacy, empathy, emotional risk, and investment?
Rethinking Mental Health How to shed mental health labels and create personal meaning
- The Rise of Online and Mobile Coaching and Therapyby Eric R. Maisel Ph.D. on September 16, 2024 at 9:36 pm
Technology, with all of its pluses and minuses, has come to the worlds of coaching and therapy, and those two professions will never look quite the same.
- Are We Headed Toward a Psychological Catastrophe?by Eric R. Maisel Ph.D. on March 20, 2024 at 11:53 am
The stress that humans are currently facing is stretching them to the breaking point.
- The Existentialism of End Timeby Eric R. Maisel Ph.D. on May 5, 2023 at 9:54 pm
Personal Perspective: We have always been worried about death. What can we do now about the extra burden of anxiety over the death of the species?
- Smart Teens, High Anxietyby Eric R. Maisel Ph.D. on December 19, 2022 at 7:25 pm
All teens are anxious, but smart teens suffer from additional sources of anxiety. Here’s what can be done to help.
- Why Teens Are Stubbornly Defensiveby Eric R. Maisel Ph.D. on September 18, 2022 at 5:26 pm
Teens are routinely defensive, to the consternation of their parents. What purpose does this defensiveness serve? Is it a good thing, a bad thing, or both?