Recently my daughter was going to a music festival with a group of friends. Like her father she likes music and tried playing it – without great success. On the cusp of her third decade she is a sensible young adult. However, millennials are not known for...
There is a great Groucho Marx quote, which was reprised by Bugs Bunny in numerous cartoons – “Of course, you know – this means war”. Regular readers will know my view on the “diet wars”. The straight line correlation between the introduction and promotion...
Many years ago, I did a share trading course based on the work of W.D. Gann reputed to be the most successful Wall Street trader ever. His approach was to study past cycles to predict future ones. He contended that like crops and the seasons, everything in the...
Cast your mind back to a time long past – the 1970’s. Very few people were overweight and an even smaller number had type two diabetes. Now think about what people tended to eat in those days. Now ask yourself the same questions about the situation today. What has...
It was in April 2013 when I made the link between my son’s suicide attempt at five years of age and his use of the widely prescribed asthma and allergy medication Singulair (active ingredient Montelukast). The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) had...
Those following me on social media may have noticed the hashtag that I have started- #bigpublichealth. Some have asked what does this mean and why have I done it. Good questions. Below is my explanation. We are forever hearing about big tobacco, big food, big pharma,...
