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Medical Doctor, author, speaker, media presenter and health industry consultant, Dr Joe Kosterich wants you to be healthy and get the most out of life. Joe writes for numerous medical and mainstream publications and is also a regular on radio and television. He is often called to give opinions in medico legal cases and is an advisor to Reed Medical Conferences. Joe is Medical Advisor to Medicinal Cannabis Company Little Green Pharma and sits on the board of Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association. He has self-published two books: Dr Joe’s DIY Health and 60 Minutes To Better Health. Through all this he continues to see patients as a GP each week.

General Health

July 1st, 20190212 For the record, I enjoy a glass or two of wine with dinner and have enjoyed a glass at social functions. It is even the case that through the course of my existence, I have, on a few (genuinely a few) occasions had a glass or so more than was necessarily ideal. Other people enjoy a glass of gin, or beer or whiskey. The vast majority of...
General Health

June 17th, 20190264 Australia recently had a Federal election, where, as usual, health spending featured prominently with both sides promising to spend more. There is little questioning of what it is hoped to achieve or whether proposed spending is based on actual need. When it came to community care and general practice, neither side has promised...
Movement

June 3rd, 20190354 It has not been a good week for big public health. In a massive backdown, the Australian Heart Foundation has pulled a series of advertisements which suggests that people who don’t get a “heart check” don’t love their families. I did not see the TV version but heard them on the radio. One has a plaintiff sounding woman claim...
General Health

May 20th, 20190512 The WHO recently released a set of guidelines on how to reduce the chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease. It is fair to say that many of us fear dying of cancer but we fear living with dementia. A little reported fact is that in the percentage of the population, rates of Alzheimer’s are falling at about 10% per decade. Whilst the...
The Practice of Medicine

May 6th, 20190426 Australia is about to go to the polls and as usual health is a “hot topic”. The turnover of prime ministers here has caused some bemusement. For those reading overseas, Australia does not elect its prime minister. To that extent we follow the UK system where the leader is elected by the party which has the most seats in the lower...
Nutrition

April 22nd, 20190495 Regular readers know that I am a strong supporter of the rights of individuals to live their lives as is best for them, without interfering with the rights of others to do things their way. Thus, whilst I do not personally follow it, I have no issue with anyone who wants to be on a vegan diet. Sadly, there is an extremist element in...
Nutrition

April 8th, 20190527 Those old enough to remember the 1970’s may remember the P 76 motor car. It was supposed to be the best car ever built.  The manufacturers told the public it was based on best research and information. In the real world the car bombed. People found it to be an awful car and sales were miniscule. It was a major contributor to the...
Modern Life

March 25th, 20190444 Recently I had the great privilege of being part of the Australian launch of the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR). In the 50 years to 2013, smoking rates in Australia fell sharply. In the 1980’s we led the world. However, a sense of “we know best” has seen smoking rates become static since 2013. This is in spite of...
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