Do you verbally beat yourself up with negative talk and thoughts? Do you treat others better than you treat yourself? It is the answers to questions like these that will shed light on the perceived health, enjoyment and success you experience in life. The way you see...
With the Olympics starting this week it is interesting to see how our attitudes to physical activity varies. In last weekends paper was a full-page ad from the State Government. The headline was” When our kids play sport, our whole community wins”. The ad was in the...
One of the surprise movie hits last year was Red Dog. It is the story of a dog that wanders around the North West of Western Australia and became part of a community. A statue was ultimately erected in his memory. I missed it at the cinema but was able to watch it on...
When Dr. Victoria Seewaldt of Duke University School of Medicine reviewed a controversial new book about osteoporosis in the Journal of the American Medical Association* in 2005, she started off as an admitted skeptic. The review was for Gillian Sanson‘s book, The...
It has come a bit later than usual this year but this week finally the terror descended. This winter we are bracing for a “killer” flu. It will be by far the worst winter since time began or at least the worst since last year (whichever is more recent). Even though...
**Whilst this article is written by an American about the US system most of the issues apply in other countries too. ** – Dr Joe Pardon the expletives, I have been wanting to share some thoughts and frustrations about healthcare that I have seen arise over the...
This week saw the biggest ever settlement involving the pharmaceutical industry. Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) agreed to pay the US government 3 billion dollars in fines and penalties relating to the marketing of three drugs. Whilst this is a massive amount of money it is...
Not having the right mindset can definitely affect any of your relationships in a not so positive way, including the one with yourself. If you have limiting beliefs of why would anybody love me, or when they get to know me, they won’t like me and leave…you will...
Last week we got an email from the principal of the school reminding parents about appropriate behaviour at school sports. Apparently there have been a number of incidents at interschool sports (and this is not isolated to one school) involving swearing and bad...
It is remarkable how reliant we are these days on the internet. You really notice it when it goes down as it did last week here after a storm. I actually watched a bit of TV, which is something I rarely do at night these days. One advantage of pay TV is there are lots...
