There is a lot of doom and gloom in health. Whilst the media report on the occasional “breakthrough” or “game changer” medication, which usually isn’t, most of the commentary is downcast. We have epidemics of everything from viruses to obesity to vaping. Each of these...
Learning from failure is a powerful concept I reflected on during a talk by Ant Middleton, the former SAS officer who gained fame through SAS – Who Dares Wins and SAS Australia. Regular readers will recall my interest in the incredible potential of the human...
So, you decided to have a baby, but it’s been months, and still no baby. One in 6 couples experience infertility which is defined as not getting pregnant after actively trying for 12 months (or 6 months if you’re 35 years or older). Or maybe, you have some type of...
Dermatitis, particularly that which affects the face, can often feel like an isolating condition. The reality is that it is actually quite common and affects more than 230 million people globally. What is Perioral Dermatitis? One type of dermatitis is Perioral...
There are many tired of the weight-loss rollercoaster and want to learn why they haven’t been successful in the past. So let’s touch on a few barriers that prevent us from achieving our goals and how to overcome these barriers. A lax government. We need to put...
Australia recently had a Federal election, where, as usual, health spending featured prominently with both sides promising to spend more. There is little questioning of what it is hoped to achieve or whether proposed spending is based on actual need. When it came to...
