Most countries have a manor day on their sporting calendar. In the USA, it is the Super bowl, in the UK the FA Cup final and here in Australia it is the AFL Grand Final. It is fair to say that there are more pressing issues in the world today then who can throw or...
If you make the same prediction often enough in a recurring event, there is a likelihood that one time you will be right. This is not a reflection on cleverness. Each year we get a prediction that the upcoming flu season will be terrible, possibly the worst ever. Most...
What if I told you that when you do housework, you’ll get fitter? And on top of that, it’s as effective as going to the gym. Think about it. You’re putting in a lot of physical effort when doing household chores. That effort burns calories and gets your body into good...
Last week I wrote about the PURE study which followed over 135,000 people in 18 countries for seven years. It found that current dietary guidelines are essentially wrong as there was an increased rate of heart disease stroke and mortality associated with low fat...
There is a lot of talk in recent times about doctors needing to be resilient to be able to handle the stresses and strains of the job better, rather than getting depressed or suicidal. I welcome the attention that is being brought to these important issues. It is...
There was a time when we believed the earth was the centre of the universe. To be honest, it was not unreasonable for people in the dark ages to accept this. The technology of the time was limited. When Galileo Galilei proposed that the earth revolved around the sun...
