The Reading Room: Patient Experience Guides

The women's health gap in data: common conditions that are slow to diagnose, and the research gap behind them.

Screen time in data: how many hours adults and teens spend on screens, the upward trend, and why balance matters.

Alcohol in data: the global death toll, how many adults drink, and the cultural shift toward drinking less.

June 27, 2026 Sleep Deprivation by the Numbers

Sleep in numbers: how many people fall short of recommended sleep, and why the shortfall matters for health.

Mental health in data: how common anxiety, depression and other conditions are worldwide, and how the picture has shifted.

An anti-diet approach that rejects rules in favour of listening to your body. What intuitive eating is, the principles behind i...

Cortisol has become the internet's favourite scapegoat. What this stress hormone really does, what the cortisol face claims get...

The exhausting paradox of being too tired to function and unable to sleep. What chronic insomnia is really like, and the approa...

A medical condition, not a moral failing. What recovery from opioid addiction is really like, why it so often starts with presc...

More than mood swings. What bipolar disorder really involves, how varied it is, and what people find helps them find stability ...

Burnout is more than being tired. What it actually is, how it differs from ordinary stress, and what genuinely helps people rec...