2021 has been a difficult year for us all. With most of the Australian population being in lockdown for a significant period of time, many people have put on the COVID kilos from a combination of excessive consumption of the so-called discretionary foods (the extra stuff we eat that is…
COVID has changed the world, possibly forever. All of our lives have been affected, whether we have been exposed to the virus or not. Our liberties, personal habits & interactions with each other are markedly changed compared with pre-pandemic.
I would suggest the majority of us are experiencing the very…
With 8% of the adult population in Australia suffering type 2 diabetes, this condition and its less common cousin, type 1 diabetes may induce devastating complications affecting the macrocirculation, leading to heart disease, stroke and blockages in the arteries to the legs known as peripheral vascular disease. …
There is increasing evidence that all modern diseases have a strong genetic basis. As a cardiologist, I often have younger people affected by cardiovascular disease saying to me, “Doctor, I do all the right things. I don’t smoke; I’m thin; regularly exercise and eat good food and I still needed…
Just when you thought it was going to be safe to dip your toe back in the waters of international travel, yet another coronavirus variant has emerged, potentially adding to the fourth wave of this virus especially affecting the northern hemisphere.
Continuing with the Greek letter theme, this new variant…
Over the past 5 years, I have been on the board of the Gut Foundation which was founded a number of years ago by the legendary gastroenterologist, Professor Terry Bolin. …
Two and a half thousand years ago, Hippocrates – the father of Medicine stated, “See food as medicine & medicine as food”.
This prophetic statement is as true today as it was back then. Today’s conservative doctors have this belief that if you can’t fix it with a prescription pad…
Following the recent Glasgow Climate Summit, otherwise known as COP26, you would have to be living under a rock if you did not believe, after the tone of this meeting, that the major catastrophe around the world is climate change.
With all of the world leaders flying in their private…
It is estimated that just over 15,500 people per year, in Australia alone, will develop bowel cancer. Bowel cancer accounts for 11% of all deaths from cancer making it the second most common cause of cancer deaths in Australia. …
By Dr Stephanie Mathieson & Dr Ross Walker
Paracetamol, the humble, simple analgesic, was first used clinically in 1893 but did not appear commercially until 1956 in Australia1. Also known as acetaminophen in North America and Japan, it is the most commonly used pain-relieving medicine, partly because of its low…
