Dr Joe Unplugged

Dr Joe Unplugged is your home for open commentary on health, wellbeing and life in the broadest sense. We will explore diet, exercise, sleep and stress amongst other health matters as well as issues that may impact you and your wellbeing in direct or indirect ways....

It’s Christmas!

If Christmas did not exist it would need to be invented. Perfectly timed at the end of the year, it allows for many people worldwide to celebrate in some way, shape or form. This may be the formal religious celebration or simply a catch up with friends and family....

We Need Our Sleep

Human beings spend more time being asleep than anything else. It is estimated that at the turn of the twentieth century the average American slept nine hours each night. By the turn of the twenty first century this figure has dropped to under eight hours. Lack of...
Do I Really Need A Pill?

Do I Really Need A Pill?

Collectively doctors have become too eager to prescribe medications and patients too eager to take them.Change needs to occur at multiple levels. For the individual patient the question is do I really need a tablet?

Restoring Values In Life

Restoring Values In Life

It is time individuals were again held responsible for their actions and not allowed to hide behind medical or other excuses.

An App Today To Help You Stay Healthy

An App Today To Help You Stay Healthy

With the world speeding up we increasingly need to be organized to get all the things done that we want to do. Yet all this “busyness” can lead to us not paying enough attention to our health. So perhaps it is time to be organized about your wellbeing. This will be...

Screening Toddler’s Mental Health Fundamentally Flawed

Screening Toddler’s Mental Health Fundamentally Flawed

Normal three-year-old children are and should be emotional. They should run around, have short concentration spans, be pushing the boundaries and screamThe notion of screening this age group for “risk” of mental health problems in later life is fundamentally flawed.

5 Tips To Enhance Your Immune System

5 Tips To Enhance Your Immune System

Winter has arrived in the southern hemisphere and Perth has  had its worst storms in a long time this past weekend. Winter is associated with colds and other illnesses. Whilst viruses are present in the environment all year round more cases are seen in winter. Some...

Prostate Screening And Leeches – What Is The Link?

Prostate Screening And Leeches – What Is The Link?

The US Preventative Services Taskforce has formalized its previous advice that there was no benefit for routine PSA testing on healthy men. Surely finding more cancer early means saving lives. Except that the facts do not show that the routine PSA screening does this.