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....
Apparently in penalty shots in soccer, the goalkeeper will lunge to the left or right over 80% of the time. However in roughly 80% of penalty shots the striker aims for the middle of the net. The latter makes sense as it allows the greatest chance of getting a goal....
In medicine, beliefs and ideas get very ingrained. Some, such as screening mammography become sacred cows. And when sacred cows are questioned the reaction is more akin to dealing with heresy than dealing with science. This was on display again with yet another...
If habits were not that hard to break, you couldn’t hold onto the good ones either. Can you imagine being really good at something like building or playing an instrument? Suddenly, you cannot figure out what seemed natural only moments ago? Habits are simply our...
To be honest I am not personally a big fan of reality TV. However there is a wonderful device called the control switch enabling me to either switch off or change a channel. And nobody is forced to go onto a reality show. So with volunteer participants and voluntary...
