As a child, I recall that the weather would heat up when school went back in the first week of February. Heat waves were a common thing in the Perth summer. Fast-forward to today and a couple of things have changed. Firstly Perth does not get as hot in summer as when...
Lions, tigers and bears oh my! Our lives have become so complicated and through this complication our sympathetic nervous system is in a constant state of fight or flight. Since we are not really taking on lions, tigers and bears and our high alert lasts way longer...
Recently, I read an article about a new mother’s experience taking her toddler to the emergency room after a face-first fall onto an iron table, bleeding profusely. After her child was evaluated, it was determined that no serious injury was sustained, and no further...
There is no shortage of media stories about what is the latest food or activity linked to some disease. By next week the story can be the complete opposite. This is because a link does not establish cause and effect. Yet this lack of cause and effect unfortunately...