The opioid crisis in the USA has entered the next phase. Purdue Pharmaceuticals, which manufactured OxyContin is looking towards Chapter 11 bankruptcy. An Oklahoma court found Johnson and Johnson had intentionally played down the dangers and oversold the benefits of...
Can the lunar cycle influence our health? Is it mythology or is there something to it? Dr JoeDr Joe Kosterich – Doctor, Health Industry Consultant and Author Doctor, speaker, author, and health industry consultant, Joe is WA State Medical Director for IPN,...
There is a fantastic quote by Mark Twain which says “To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail”. To the medical profession, every problem can look like a medical one having a medical solution. Issues may require medical involvement without being medical...
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 size fits all public health messages about exercise may be counter productive. Any amount of exercise is beneficial – do what you can manage even if you can’t “find 30”. Dr JoeDr Joe Kosterich – Doctor, Health Industry...
