Recently in the media it was announced that there is now a new mental health disorder called ODD being used in the diagnosis of children. This so called disorder equates to Oppositional Defiant Disorder. The condition could be identified where a child has a repetitive...
We all know that smoking is not good for us. Over the last 50 years there has been a significant reduction in smoking rates in Western countries from nearly 80% in the 1950’s to under 20% today. In the less developed world, large numbers still smoke. This infographic...
You would think that simple remedies, which could help a large number of people, would be more newsworthy than “miracle” breakthroughs which are at best years away and realistically, in 89% of instances, rubbish. Sadly you would be wrong. Hardly a week goes by without...
There are interesting double standards that we apply to different fields of human endeavor. In sports the use of performance enhancing drugs is forbidden. Whilst that does not necessarily stop athletes using them at least it is not condoned. Efforts are made to try...
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...
Last year I wrote an article about screening of four year olds for illness to see if they are “fit” to start school. The notion that children were not fit until screened to be, so turned the normal notion of healthy until there is some reason to think otherwise on its...
