There are connections between wealth and health. It is not a straight line, which says the richer you are the healthier you will be. The late Kerry Packer was for many years Australia’s richest man and yet had a number of serious health issues and ultimately died at...
Twenty years ago if I wanted to get a message out though the media I could ring up a talkback radio station or write a letter to the paper. There was no guarantee that I would get to air or end up in print. Today I can (and do) maintain a blog and a website. Whilst we...
The benefits of screening have been oversold, and the harms glossed over. The basis of cancer screening programs is to find cancers before they cause symptoms in the belief that this will always change the outcome for the better. But, we are also learning that is not...
There have been a number of news stories concerning children over the last two weeks. They are all separate yet underneath is a theme which ties them all together. A 20-month-old girl died after sustaining critical injuries whilst she was under the care of the state....
You would think that simple remedies, which could help a large number of people, would be more newsworthy than “miracle” breakthroughs which are at best years away and realistically, in 89% of instances, rubbish. Sadly you would be wrong. Hardly a week goes by without...
