We create our own stressors
In the early 1980s, two of my favourite professors, Professor Richard Lazarus and Professor Susan Folkman from the University of California, Berkeley, worked together to give us The Transactional Theory
New shock within state health system: executive director resigns under cloud
Gandra d’Almeida outed for working two (highly paid) public sector jobs at same time Portugal’s AD government is taking flak this weekend after an investigation by SIC reported that the
Mortality higher than it was during two years of pandemic
Surge of respiratory infections sees various hospitals activate contingency plans The first two weeks of 2025 saw more deaths than during the same period in 2022 and 2023, “years marked
Top Lisbon hospital “without conditions” to train medical interns
Amadora-Sintra being forced to let go of interns One of Lisbon’s busiest hospitals is being forced to ‘let go’ of its medical interns because it is not deemed to have
Study finds 30% of nurses reporting symptoms of severe depression
Around 30% of nurses surveyed in Portugal in 2024 reported symptoms of severe depression, in a study to assess perceptions of their own mental health, according to the results released
The weight of expectations: how to step lightly into the new year
As the clock strikes midnight and the new year dawns, there’s a collective breath held across the world. For some, it’s filled with hope; for others, a heavy weight of
Medicine use in Portugal causes 20% greenhouse gas emissions
The use of medicines in Portugal accounts for around 20% of greenhouse gas emissions in the health sector, a report – to be presented at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon
Portugal health service shake-up
New government struggles to pull floundering SNS health service into shape Portugal’s state health service (SNS) is having yet another ‘impossibly challenging’ winter: enormous demands on A&E departments, insufficient healthcare
DENTAL HPA – Algarve, Alentejo and Madeira Island
DENTAL HPA is the brand of our dental surgeries, and our slogan “your oral health with hospital specialization and international accreditation”. The fact that this specialty is part of the
Cancer responsible for 27% of deaths in Azores 2017-2022 – audit court
Oncological disease accounted for 27% of deaths in the Portuguese islands of the Azores between 2017 and 2022, and it is estimated that there will be more than 1,000 new