This reversal of a commonly used phrase is a plea. A plea against the bias that leans doctors towards diagnosing and treating, even when the scientific evidence may not support it. Sure, it is expected that a doctor will diagnose and treat you, but sometimes there is...
The most underrated aspect of health is relaxation. Sleep is starting to be better understood. Lack of sleep contributes to the development of conditions like high blood pressure diabetes and depression. Relaxation is the time when we are not “doing” stuff whilst we...
This week I wrote an article for Australian News websites on the latest stupidity to come from Government reports and committees. A 200 page NHMRC document advised that children at daycare not blow out birthday candles on a cake as it was an infection risk. This...
Once upon a time we did not have fridges or freezers. We did not have packaged food that could be put on the shelf and eaten next year. Food was either eaten or thrown out. Today scare mongering about safety leads many people to throw out perfectly good food. It is...
If a drug was released which reduced your chances of getting cancer by one in three it would be a genuine blockbuster drug. Sales would be huge. Everyone would want to be on it. Such a discovery would be front-page news. The London based World Cancer Research Fund has...
Do you have a hobby? Like fishing, camping, hiking, reading, movies…. Hobbies are great tools to a happy and healthy life…BUT…health and fitness are not to be confused with your hobbies. These two are goals, though they can and should be fun, exciting, even relaxing...
One of the reasons that public health messages struggle to get through is that they are presented as very black and white, a bit like in George Orwell’s Animal Farm -“four legs good – two legs bad”. Yet with virtually all matters of health it is not that simple....
Back when I was a kid I used to go on the see-saw (aka: teeter-totter). It was fun to play like that. That was until the big kid sat on it and I was stuck in the air. And when he got off, BOOM I went crashing to the ground. Well, those that have been on many different...
There is a tendency for things in health to be made far more complicated than they need to be. Coupled with this is the tendency to look for answers in just about every place but the one where it lies. Rather than ask which sweeteners to use, (there is a “battle”...
Health messages particularly when it comes to eating are confusing to many people. It seems every week some food is linked to cancer and the next week is linked to reducing cancer. This is not your imagination. American researchers looked at studies on the first 50...
