Shingles Vaccine and Dementia: What the Evidence Shows
Natural experiments in Wales, Australia and Canada linked shingles vaccination to fewer dementia diagnoses. What they found, and why the size is disputed.
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Coercive Control: What the Evidence Shows
Coercive control is a pattern of domination, not a single incident. What research shows about how common it is, its link to homicide, the laws that criminalise it, and the warning signs.
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What Reduces Loneliness? What the Evidence Shows
A 2026 meta-analysis of 280 studies found loneliness interventions work on average, but not always the ones people expect. What helps, how much, and for whom.
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Workplace Bullying: What the Evidence Shows
Around one worker in seven reports bullying, depending on how it is measured. What meta-analyses show about prevalence, health effects, who bullies and which interventions work.
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Gaming Disorder: What the Evidence Shows
Estimates of gaming disorder range from 0.3% to 10%. What research shows about the WHO diagnosis, who is affected, and whether time limits work.
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The Widowhood Effect: What the Evidence Shows
Death rates rise about 41% in the six months after losing a spouse. What meta-analyses show about the widowhood effect, who is most at risk, and why.
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Hospital Delirium in Older Adults: What the Evidence Shows
About 29% of older medical inpatients develop delirium, and many cases are missed. Prevention programmes cut cases by 43%, but did not reduce deaths. What the evidence shows on detection, dementia and treatment.
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Fear of Flying After Terror Attacks: What the Road Deaths Show
After 9/11 Americans drove instead of flying, and more died on the roads. The famous estimate is 1,500; published figures run from about 350 to 2,300. What the dread-risk research found, and why the second strike depends on the alternatives at hand.
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Fear of Losing a Job Tracked Depression About as Closely as Losing One Did. The Heart Disease Estimate, Once Adjusted, Starts at No Effect.
File photo: an empty office workspace. Photo: Loominade, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0. In the news · August 2026 A study of 14,827 Swedish workers across six survey waves from 2010 to 2020 found younger workers reported more job insecurity than older ones. In younger workers, job insecurity predicted depressive symptoms two years later, while the…
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One Thousand and Seventeen People Agreed to the Recruitment Weekend. Two Years Later, Four Per Cent Were Still Members.
File photo: silhouettes of a group of people at sunset. Photo: Sue Huan (Unsplash), via Wikimedia Commons, CC0. In the news · July 2026 A Victorian parliamentary inquiry made 39 recommendations after reviewing 317 submissions and hearing from survivors of groups such as the Two by Twos and Geelong Revival Centre. It proposes outlawing group-based…
