by Dr Joe | Jan 7, 2011 | Movement, Weight Loss
Can you believe its already 2011? This is the time of year for new years resolutions. Many people will have resolutions to do with their health. Unfortunately some of these will be the same as last years and maybe some years before that too. The problem being that... by Dr Joe | Dec 16, 2010 | General Health, Stress
If you ask a group of adults the question “Who is looking forward to Christmas”? A number of hands would go up. If you then ask “Who is looking forward to Christmas being…over?” A second set of hands goes up. Ask a group of year one school children the same questions... by Dr Joe | Dec 10, 2010 | Pharmaceuticals, The Practice of Medicine, Weight Loss
This may seem to be a statement of the obvious, but the solution to a behavioral problem is not surgery. Over eating is not a surgical problem-it is a behavioral one. The problem is not because the stomach is too big and needs to be made smaller. It is a function of... by Dr Joe | Dec 7, 2010 | General Health, Politics
The opening of government funded “super clinics” without doctors is straight from the script of Yes Minister. The British comedy from the 1980’s is as relevant today as it was when first aired. The fictional antics of the Minister and public service are hilarious on... by Dr Joe | Dec 3, 2010 | Health Policy, Medical Research, Obesity
Invasion of the Body Snatchers was a 1950’s movie, which received cult status. It tells the tale of how alien pods are coming to earth and “snatching” the bodies of humans so that they (the pods) can grow. The invasion happens whilst people sleep and there appears to... by Dr Joe | Nov 30, 2010 | Cancer, General Health, Medical Tests
In 1971, then President Richard Nixon declared a war on cancer with the aim of eliminating the disease in time for the bicentenary in 1976. A measure of how we are doing can be seen in projections that by 2050 there will be over double the number of cancer deaths and... by Dr Joe | Nov 26, 2010 | General Health, Politics
It is very rare to have a politician tell people what they do not want to hear. Part of the reason for this is the frenzy that occurs when they do. In turn this explains why there is so little “leadership” in any level of government. You cannot lead when all you do is... by Dr Joe | Nov 23, 2010 | ADHD, Children's Health, Parenting
It is with some shock that I discovered that a pharmaceutical company is doing a trial of antidepressant use in children as young as seven. The stated purpose of the trial is to compare Paxil to placebo for eight weeks in children and adolescents aged seven through... by Dr Joe | Nov 19, 2010 | Flu, Health Policy
The saga of H1N1 has entered the next stage. Now that it is clearly apparent, even to the “experts” that there was a gross over reaction, the finger pointing has begun. We see this in the exchanges between the Australian TGA and West Australian Health Department. Lets... by Dr Joe | Nov 16, 2010 | Childhood Obesity, Children's Health, General Health, Parenting
One of the biggest reasons the “health” budgets are blowing out is because over the last 25 years as a society we have chosen to eat too much processed food. This has been seen as convenient and there has been a view that cooking is either too hard, too time consuming...
