Whenever I worked the early morning shift back in my LAPD days, it sure seemed that my energy levels were down. Back then, me and my partner would stop (with other officers) at the local donut shop after role call. And yes, cops did eat donuts. So it’s not a fairy...
Sometimes it is just so clear as to why solutions are not found to the various so-called health “crises”. Nobody is asking the right questions and hence nobody finds the right answers. I was at a panel discussion recently. The panel comprised a mixed group including...
We have come to rely on pills to fix all our ills. Yet 75% of the illness burden in western countries is lifestyle related. Realistically the solutions will come from lifestyle changes not pills. We cannot medicate our way to wellness. Whilst this infographic uses...
Here is an interesting parallel. Over the last fifty years as the amount of “research “ into obesity and diabetes has rocketed, so too have rates of obesity and diabetes. According to figures published in the New York Times in 1960 fewer than 1100 articles were...
We easily take for granted basic medical and health care facilities, education and employment opportunities however these are all necessary requirements to change and dramatically improve the state of indigenous health in Australia. Socio-economic, cultural and...
The G20 met on the weekend. As usual the topic of sustainability of health systems gets discussed. It is a problem facing all countries. The demographics of aging populations coupled with increasingly expensive healthcare makes for a government economist’s nightmare....
