by Dr Joe | May 18, 2010 | ADHD, Childhood Obesity, Children's Health
The human genome (our genes) has changed very little over the last 10,000 years. How we live our lives has changed dramatically over that time and particularly in the last 50 years. A day in the life of a child growing up in the 1920’s would be completely different to... by Dr Joe | Mar 16, 2010 | Children's Health, Parenting
One of the important contributors to a child’s health, both physical and mental is a reasonably stable environment. This for various reasons is not always possible and humans are fairly resilient. When one looks at the requirements people have to go through to be... by Dr Joe | Mar 7, 2010 | Childhood Obesity, Children's Health, General Health
The famous golden arches have been in the news this week and as usual attracting a degree of criticism. Questions have been raised about McDonalds sponsorship of the Winter Olympics and also a deal struck with weight watchers. It is worth getting something on the... by Dr Joe | Feb 26, 2010 | ADHD, Children's Health
Australian research released in 2010 showed that giving medication to children with ADHD did not improve their grades but made them considerably worse .It also showed the drugs increased the blood pressure of children. A US paper has shown that following treatment... by Dr Joe | Feb 19, 2010 | ADHD, Children's Health, Pharmaceuticals
Every once in a while a study emerges that fundamentally changes a particular aspect of medicine. A long term study which shows that the assumptions underpinning a particular course of treatment, are shown to be wrong. One example was the Women’s Health Initiative in... by Dr Joe | Feb 12, 2010 | Childhood Obesity, Children's Health
Childhood obesity has been put front and centre with Michelle Obama. An ambitious goal to eliminate childhood obesity in a generation has been made. There is an old quote attributed to Michelangelo that it is better to aim too high and miss than to aim too low and...
