The Australian healthcare system is in crisis. Chronic disease is on the rise and consequently, our system has become a disease management system. As chronic disease rises so do the costs, costs effecting each of us on a personal, community and financial level. Experts are stating that we will not be able to afford […]
Continue reading“If your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail?” I have been reading through some old articles and came across this one, which discusses the then-new research from the UNSW School of Psychiatry, which suggested cognitive therapy to deal with obesity. This is very interesting as thoughts are certain things (e.g. neurotransmitters) […]
Continue readingWith 75% of research now funded by industry one does have to question whether the so-called “gold standard of evidence-based medicine” is really what should be guiding our healthcare/disease-manangement system. It is interesting to think about why experts charged with the responsibility of defining health conditions and treatments have financial ties to different companies that […]
Continue readingHas the need ever been greater? It would seem that the “evidence” suggests that the billions of dollars spent since 1975 on the war on cancer may not be working that well. What is going on in the world of cancer could also be true for heart disease (still the no.1 killer in Western world), […]
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