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...
Midlife Crisis Comes Early

Midlife Crisis Comes Early

The midlife crisis used to be associated with reaching our fifties. These days, many adults profess to be struggling with the same symptoms regardless of age. So why is this happening?

Overdosing On Medical Tests

Overdosing On Medical Tests

Nothing in medicine is a straight line. If a little is good more may be better, but a lot more is NOT necessarily better and can be worse. Collectively we are overdosing on tests.

People Management on the Mothership

People Management on the Mothership

It’s getting harder to tell the normal from the nut-bag these days, especially in the workplace. Just think about it – how many of your own co-workers are rowing with only one oar, psychologically speaking?

Waging The War (On Drugs) And Losing The Fight

Statistics are so commonplace that it is rare these days to be taken aback by them but this one was startling. The number of babies born with symptoms of opiate withdrawal has trebled between 2000 and 2009 in the USA.

Supplementing With Vitamin K (Kindness)

Supplementing With Vitamin K (Kindness)

Current news about vitamin K is everywhere. In the health and wellness world, vitamin K is the new vitamin D3.
What I’d like to share today, however, isn’t about the vitamin K that can be bottled.

To Make Real Decisions We Need Need Real Information

To Make Real Decisions We Need Need Real Information

Political correctness has sought to neutralize the meaning of wordsWhen the same problem starts to affect numbers we are in serious troubleTo achieve what we want in life we need honest information not just stuff we want to hear!

The Key To The Fountain of Youth

The Key To The Fountain of Youth

You have all seen the ad where the woman scrapes her nail over her skin and it’s so dry, it leaves a trail of flaky skin. It looks ugly, but even worse; it can be itchy and extra sensitive. But don’t stress too much, there is a solution…