Every prescription drug (or over-the-counter medication) in your bathroom cabinet is there because it’s been evaluated in research called a clinical trial. For a basic introduction to clinical trials, let’s turn to former editor-in-chief of the prestigious New England...
There has been an interesting documentary series running on TV about Prohibition in the USA. Thus far we are up to the third of five installments The 18th amendment, which invoked prohibition, is the only amendment to have ever been repealed. And for the simple...
The war on drugs was started in 1971 by then President Nixon. It is fair to ask how we are faring? Headlines about drug busts and big talk from law and order politicians are designed to make us feel we are “winning”. The stark figures are less encouraging. The online...
There is much focus on fats in our diet. Yet sugar intake,especially from liquid forms gets less attention. The “fat is bad” mantra has led to people eating far too much sugar. It also leaves us wondering why we are not losing weight when we are eating...
Interesting research reported by the Greater Good Science Center has found that successful relationships share some important habits. Here are some of my favourite relationship reminders and research-proven habits for happy relationships. 1) Be Each Other’s...
Last Sunday I decided to have a genuine slow day. I didn’t even check the emails although I will confess to posting a few tweets and looking at facebook. But to me that’s fun! It was a sunny day so for the first time in months one could sit outside and soak up some...
When most people are asked, “Are you living in the now?” they usually answer by saying I try to. Most people try to, but their past keeps bringing them back to a place that they really don’t want to go. In order to move forward and live in the Now, we have to embrace...
Fans of Dire Straits will remember the line in Industrial Disease which goes “Two men say they’re Jesus – one of them must be wrong”. With this in mind consider two headlines. The first from Australian Doctor magazine “Early Dementia Diagnosis of Benefit to...
It is amazing how the opposite of what we actually want happens when we focus on that which we do not want. If it had not been for the deaths of three American Diplomats and the appalling scenes on the streets of Sydney most of the world would never have heard of the...
Certainly it is nice to represent with smoking hot sexy abs. No doubt they look good on those hot summer days when you want to show off a bit, get some sun and have fun in the sand and surf. You feel confident, sexy and proud. But frankly, sexy abs are more than just...
