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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 is Chairman 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.

The Practice of Medicine

August 26th, 20190318 Much is made of the evidence base of modern medicine. It is certainly the case that many trials are done and that to bring a pharmaceutical to market requires trial evidence to show that the drug is better than placebo and that side effects are acceptable. There is one catch in all of this. Who determines the quality or lack thereof,...
Modern Life

August 12th, 20190416 Some weeks one wonders if we are living in a Monty Python sketch. There has been the case of a person in Canada who identifies as a woman but has had no surgery, complaining to the human rights commission that a female beautician refused to handle and wax the scrotum. In a #metoo world this is bizarre. It reminds me of the lumberjack...
General Health

August 5th, 20190411 Just when you thought that the antics of the nanny state and big public health could not get any worse or more ridiculous, they prove you wrong. The Cockburn Council  in Perth has asked food truck operators to submit their menus prior to being allowed to attend a community event in the town. Those who don’t comply with “health star...
The Practice of Medicine

July 15th, 20190441 It is remarkable that anyone on earth is still alive. The eleventh version of InternationalStatistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD 11) is due to come into effect on January 1 2022. The ICD 10 was adopted in 1990. A pre-release  of the new version has been released to allow “ Member States to prepare...
General Health

July 1st, 20190409 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, 20190473 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, 20190577 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, 20190640 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, 20190507 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...
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