Overcoming Cognitive Biases
A recent paper in the Medical Journal of Australia (here) provides a nice overview of the biases that lead doctors to overtreat and overinvestigate, but also offers useful solutions that we need to act on. A cognitive bias is where existing beliefs persist in the face...
Houston, Can You Hear Us?
We all like good news. It is human nature. But not all news is good. This fact does not mean we can simply ignore it, tempting as that may be. In fact, it is often the case that we learn more when things go wrong. So, you might think that in medical science findings...
Understanding Sugar
With all the hype about sugar these days it can be hard to get to the facts, away from emotional claims. Dr Joe and George Helou get to what matters to you. http://youtube.com/watch?v=KAjUWLzXms0
How To Train Your Internal Coach For Success!
Do you realise that every time you speak to yourself you are actually coaching yourself? Are you empowering yourself through your own internal dialogue or beating yourself up? Is that little voice inside of you your best friend or a saboteur? How would you like to be...
Medicinal Cannabis
Every year a number of new drugs come onto the market. Some are greeted with fanfare while others just slide in. There is an assessment process to bring pharmaceuticals to market to show that they are safe, that they work and that side effects are acceptable. To get a...
Can You Believe Food Labels
Does the use by or best by date on foods mean anything? Do government rating systems help you? Being informed will help you be healthy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROEHvCZkr0k
Weathering The Storm Of Redundancy
Losing a job can be tough and in many circumstances, feels devastating. Redundancy can leave people reeling, even if they know it’s coming. Unfortunately, in our current economic climate, this is an experience all too familiar to many. When people are subject to...
Be Ever Questioning
Some weeks it is really hard to know where to even begin. Just when you think that health policy and the actions of governments have reached their lowest, they out do themselves with even more stupidity. Seriously, I do not understand how this happens and whilst as a...
Cholesterol Myths Exposed
Think you know all about cholesterol? Think again. Most of what you have been told is wrong! Here Dr Joe and George discuss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSNuAVvkzf4
How To Reprogram Your Central Nervous System
Research has proven disrupting chemicals that target our central nervous system can upset the communication between our endocrine and metabolic systems and organs including our skin and microbiome. So in order to take care of our central nervous system we must take...
Thinking Outside The Box
Recently I had the pleasure of presenting at the Friedman 17 conference on the creep of the nanny state into our lives. Regular readers will know my view on the importance of the individual being responsible for their health. And how much of the advice we get from...
What Is Healthy Minded?
In a new series George Helou and I explore all things health related. In doing so hopefully it demystifes some of the conflicting information out there. If you have a specific topic in mind, that you would like discussed please email us at [email protected] and let us...