Psychiatry

Can AI chatbots truly replace therapy? Here’s the truth about their benefits, limits and risks.

27 Mar 2026 • 1 Like • 1 comment

When someone is struggling with anxiety, low mood, loneliness, or emotional overwhelm, waiting can feel unbearable. A therapist may be fully booked, support may be expensive, and reaching out to...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and NASH

MASH and genetics: Why are some people more at risk than others?

23 Mar 2026

Two people can have a similar lifestyle, share the same metabolic risk factors… and still not develop the same diseases. This is particularly true for certain liver conditions, such as metabolic...

When the brain is overloaded: The hidden effects of emotional and cognitive multitasking

21 Mar 2026 • 1 Like • 1 comment

Replying to a message while working, thinking about family obligations during a meeting, supporting a loved one while dealing with your own concerns… In our daily lives, it has become common to have...

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia: Why stability is about more than just preventing relapse

18 Mar 2026

Living with schizophrenia can sometimes feel like trying to hold together the visible and the invisible at the same time. There may be symptoms to manage, but also exhaustion, disrupted routines,...

The smells that bring back our past: The hidden power of olfactory memory

14 Mar 2026 • 1 Like • 1 comment

Sometimes, all it takes is a smell for everything to shift. The perfume of a loved one, the smell of a cake baking in the oven, or the musty pages of an old book can instantly bring back a precise...

Chronic kidney disease

Brain fog in CKD: How can kidney disease affect memory and thinking?

13 Mar 2026

Living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be exhausting in ways that are hard to explain. There are appointments, lab results, diet changes, medications, and the constant mental load of managing a...

Alcohol and the desire to have children: what you need to know about fertility

7 Mar 2026

A glass of wine with dinner, a cocktail with friends, a habit established over many years... Alcohol is part of everyday life for many people. However, when you start trying for a baby or become...

Obesity

Obesity stigma: How to be kind to yourself when society shames your body

4 Mar 2026

Living with obesity is not only about health markers or numbers on a scale. It can also mean dealing with other people’s opinions, assumptions, and comments, sometimes daily. That social pressure can...

When geography determines your health: living with a rare disease far from specialised centres

28 Feb 2026

Living with a rare disease is challenging enough in itself, but when geographical distance from referral centres and specialists is added to the mix, every medical appointment becomes an ordeal....

Endometriosis

Endometriosis: Why the delay in diagnosis, and what can help?

20 Feb 2026

For many people, endometriosis is not diagnosed after one appointment or one test. It is often a long, exhausting journey, with symptoms that come and go, get normalized, or get explained away as...

Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis

Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and sleep: Could poor rest increase flares?

13 Feb 2026

Living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis often means managing more than digestive symptoms alone. Fatigue that lingers, nights broken by discomfort or worry, and mornings that never quite...

Does cancer change how we experience time?

4 Feb 2026

Many people affected by cancer describe something difficult to put into words: time no longer feels the same. Days may feel endlessly long or strangely compressed. The future can seem blurry or...