Bart Verkuil, Department of Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands and PEP Group, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. “E se mi infettassi e finissi in ospedale?” “E se non riuscissi a pagare le bollette nei prossimi mesi?” “Che effetto avrà questo lockdown sulla salute dei miei figli?” La minaccia del Coronavirus sta avendo un enorme impatto su […]
Leah Avery – Teesside University, UK. In passato il diabete di tipo 2 è stato considerato come una condizione progressiva, con l’inevitabile bisogno di una terapia a base di insulina. Tuttavia, le ricerche sui cambiamenti nello stile di vita sfidano questa prognosi pessimistica. La prevalenza del diabete di tipo 2 continua a crescere, e diventa […]
By Irina Todorova, Health Psychology Research Center in Sofia, Bulgaria Taking care of aging loved ones, who are perhaps in frail health, can be a complicated and confusing experience that is both gratifying and frustrating. Medical science is helping people live longer, healthier lives, and in some cases can slow down the cognitive decline that […]
By Stuart Biddle, University of Southern Queensland, Australia I’m writing this blog on Valentine’s Day! The health promotion charity in Australia, Bluearth, has produced some amusing videos encouraging you to use your chair less by ‘breaking up with your chair’ (liking splitting from your partner, see videos here). So what is the issue here? Essentially, […]
By Urte Scholz, University of Zurich and Gertraud (Turu) Stadler, University of Aberdeen Social support seems to be an exclusively positive thing. What can be bad about a little help? Having someone who cooks healthy meals when you try to eat better, or being comforted when you feel down because your recent attempt at quitting […]
