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The Question

The Question

by Dr Joe | Nov 8, 2022 | Covid 19, Health Policy, Immunity, Infectious Diseases, Nanny State, Personal Responsibility, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Public Health

The term gaslighting is a colloquialism, loosely defined as manipulating someone so as to make them question their own reality. The term apparently derives from the title of the 1944 film Gaslight, though the term did not gain popular currency in English until the...
Humans Are Complex Beings

Humans Are Complex Beings

by Dr Joe | Aug 1, 2022 | Depression, Depression, General Health, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, The Practice of Medicine

There is a tendency in western medicine to have a reductionist approach. Everything can be reduced to a single cause, or at least a predominant one. In turn this approach lends itself to a single treatment – usually a pharmaceutical agent. This is a variation of the...
Less Pills Please

Less Pills Please

by Dr Joe | Sep 23, 2019 | Children's Health, Pharmaceuticals, Public Health, The Practice of Medicine

The opioid crisis in the USA has entered the next phase. Purdue Pharmaceuticals, which manufactured OxyContin is looking towards Chapter 11 bankruptcy. An Oklahoma court found Johnson and Johnson had intentionally played down the dangers and oversold the benefits of...
Life Is More Than Medicine

Life Is More Than Medicine

by Dr Joe | Sep 9, 2019 | Children's Health, Future Health, Pharmaceuticals, Teenagers, The Practice of Medicine

There is a fantastic quote by Mark Twain which says “To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail”.  To the medical profession, every problem can look like a medical one having a medical solution. Issues may require medical involvement without being medical...
Evidence Or Snake Oil?

Evidence Or Snake Oil?

by Dr Joe | Aug 26, 2019 | Medical Research, Pharmaceuticals, The Practice of Medicine

Much is made of the evidence base of modern medicine. It is certainly the case that many trials are done and that to bring a pharmaceutical to market requires trial evidence to show that the drug is better than placebo and that side effects are acceptable. There is...
Medication Induced Mental Health Injuries In Children And Adults

Medication Induced Mental Health Injuries In Children And Adults

by Vanessa Sellick | Jan 21, 2019 | Asthma, Children's Health, General Health, Parenting, Pharmaceuticals, Teenagers, The Practice of Medicine

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...
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