Has Your Child Suffered Trauma From An Injection?
Larissa was an 8 year old I saw regularly in ED. She had a chronic medical condition that will require regular medical attention for the rest of her life… When I first met Larissa, I arrived at her bedside with the numbing gel in hand. Larissa took one look at it and...
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Rockin’ RAWsome Salad
Servings: as a side dish, this can feed up to 5-6 people. You need: 1 kilo Chinese cabbage (about 1 medium cabbage) thinly sliced 3-4 leaves of iceberg lettuce, thinly sliced 2 medium Lebanese cucumbers (you can also use english), peeled and thinly sliced 4 spring...
OMG! Spend Less To Achieve Better Health
Whenever the question gets posed as to how we can better deal with health problems the standard answer is - spend more money. This comes from doctors, public health people, researchers, you name it. Generally the notion is that the money will be from government and be...
Have You Lost Your Spark?
Iron – One of the Most Common Nutritional Deficiencies Iron is a metal that is required for numerous functions within our bodies but it’s main role is for the production of haemoglobin - the protein that carries oxygen in our blood. Haemoglobin picks up oxygen from...
A Hot Crisis
As a child, I recall that the weather would heat up when school went back in the first week of February. Heat waves were a common thing in the Perth summer. Fast-forward to today and a couple of things have changed. Firstly Perth does not get as hot in summer as when...
A Secret Tool To Vitality
Lions, tigers and bears oh my! Our lives have become so complicated and through this complication our sympathetic nervous system is in a constant state of fight or flight. Since we are not really taking on lions, tigers and bears and our high alert lasts way longer...
The $500 Popsicle: Perceived Value and Commission Bias
Recently, I read an article about a new mother’s experience taking her toddler to the emergency room after a face-first fall onto an iron table, bleeding profusely. After her child was evaluated, it was determined that no serious injury was sustained, and no further...
Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics
There is no shortage of media stories about what is the latest food or activity linked to some disease. By next week the story can be the complete opposite. This is because a link does not establish cause and effect. Yet this lack of cause and effect unfortunately...
Back To School With Eyes Wide Open
You go to school with an expectation that what you are learning is going to be crucial for you to succeed in life. Yet many of the most important elements are ignored and often their relevance denied. Even if you instinctively were practicing them at times, you are...
Screening For The Evidence Of Benefit
Screening tests especially for cancer have been promoted on the basis of saving lives. This has rarely been questioned. A large new review has done just that. The results will surprise. There is no clear evidence that screening for cancer does save lives! How did we...
5 Ways To Increase Your Brain Power And Health
Imagine possessing the most powerful force in the universe. What would you do with it? What if you can make it even better? Guess what? You already possess it. It’s your brain. It has approximately 100 billion neurons and each one connects to between 10 and 10,000...