The True Epidemic of the 21st Century
Although, no doubt, 2020 has changed the world in so many ways and it will long be said that COVID-19 was the major epidemic of the 21st-...
Oct 19, 2020 / Read More
Cancer — How close are we to winning the war?
When I started my medical degree in the 70s, a diagnosis of cancer was typically a death sentence. Occasionally, if cancer was detected e...
Oct 14, 2020 / Read More
COVID-19 vaccination – The pros and the cons
It is my opinion, not shared by an ignorant, ill-informed few, that vaccination was the greatest advance in medicine of the last century....
Oct 03, 2020 / Read More
Dean Jones – the passing of a legend
Australia has been rocked by the death of the cricketing legend, Dean Jones, at the young age of 59. Dean, allegedly, had just gone for a...
Sep 26, 2020 / Read More
Daylight Saving – Is it dangerous to our health?
As we approach daylight saving, the usual supporters and detractors start to emerge. Recently, a Melbourne Professor of Medicine has call...
Sep 20, 2020 / Read More
Fatigue – What is the commonest medical cause?
Many people are tired because they are stressed by many aspects of their life. They work too hard, play too hard and cut back on sleep. B...
Sep 13, 2020 / Read More
Cardiovascular disease – is it really that straightforward?
Cardiovascular disease remains the commonest killer around the globe ending the lives of around 17 million people per year. But, there ar...
Sep 13, 2020 / Read More
More on clotting
I recently published an article titled “Are you a Bleeder or Clotter?” I am re-visiting the subject as a recent article published in the ...
Sep 13, 2020 / Read More
COVID-19 — Do we need this constant barrage of statistics?
I was disturbed to read the headlines on the front page of the Sydney morning Herald, August 29, which stated:“State braced for double-di...
Sep 02, 2020 / Read More
COVID-19 — Who is at the greatest risk?
We have all heard repeatedly since almost the start of the year that 2020 will change the way we think about living, possibly indefinitel...
Aug 26, 2020 / Read More