It is way to easy to create a crisis in health. I could very simply create a crisis about headaches by using alarming figures. Each year well over 90% of the population experiences a headache but less than 1% will get treatment from their doctor. Sounds really bad. A...
Whether we like it or not, human beings cannot escape the fact that we are part of nature and that we are subject to its laws. When scientific research confirms this there is much surprise and sometimes the next step is to search for a drug to overcome it. So it was...
These days, people are becoming afraid to eat. Food has become so complicated that many feel as though they don’t understand it anymore. Even if we try to buy healthy food, we can get misled by the label, or end up facing so much conflicting information that we just...
As this article is posted, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is being held in my home of Perth. Between the time of the venue being selected and it occurring this weekend a number of countries (including Australia and the UK) have new leaders....
One of the laments of parents is getting children to eat lunch. The number of lunches that are either swapped or not eaten is huge. It does not even seem to matter that much, what is put in the lunchbox. Even when children select and make their own lunch the same...
There are two models that are directly related to success and failure cycles that help lead the way to either a positive outcome, or if ineffectively applied, a negative outcome. Those two models are: The success model The failure model Creating a Success Model:...
This week on my segment on the Paul Murray show we spoke about the way new drugs are viewed and used a “live” example of how this plays out. A study has shown that 25% of people believe that the FDA only approves drugs, which do not have serious side effects, and that...
Once again a large question mark has been thrown over antidepressants. A major analysis of previous studies shows that the effect of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI’s) is no more than placebo (a non active sugar tablet) in mild and moderate depression....
Earlier this week I visited a large department store near my home, only to discover that the Christmas decorations are already out in full force. This is always a good indicator that we are moving into a new season; for Australians a hot summer lies ahead, and on the...
