Category: General Health

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM_FeH_AcIA&rel=0 Summary: Recorded in a hot attic, Andy comments on the public debate about wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. He discusses how masks are routinely used by hospital staff, describes his observations of public attitudes, and notes how views on masks seemed to line up with political leanings in the United States. He..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw3Tkkf_xgc&rel=0 Summary: Andy takes a trip down memory lane to his student days, when he took a part-time job in a nursing home. He recalls how nursing homes were fewer and funded differently then, and tells an anecdote about an unusual resident whose behaviour with other residents raised difficult questions for the staff about what..

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Everyone says, "Awwww..." This is me 12 days after the onset of symptoms. The first week, it was mostly just a high temperature, headaches, and severe joint pain. Then I had two days where I felt remarkably better and thought I was over it. The next thing I knew, I was in a whole world..

I found a disturbing story on the BBC news website this morning: A critically ill teenager being treated for liver failure after binge drinking left his hospital bed and went to the pub for a drink, it has been confirmed.The father of Gareth Anderson, 19, is fighting to overturn NHS rules, which means his son..

A few years ago, at a workshop in Leeds with Frank Farrelly, Farrelly was asked what advice he'd give to therapists. One suggestion was to "Grow a thicker skin!" I like this. Frank also talked about "therapist eaters", clients or patients who consume therapists, exhausting their resources and encouraging professional and emotional burnout. It was..

I am sure that the increase in temperature that accompanies summer creates changes in brain chemistry. In the past week, I have declined more client appointments than in the past year alone. People are often surprised when I decline an appointment with a prospective client; it is as though they expect the right to have..