by Dr Joe | Oct 21, 2011 | Mens Health, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Womens Health
This week on my segment on the Paul Murray show we spoke about the way new drugs are viewed and used a “live” example of how this plays out. A study has shown that 25% of people believe that the FDA only approves drugs, which do not have serious side effects, and that... by Dr Joe | Oct 1, 2011 | Children's Health, Parenting, Relationships, Stress
The recent riots in the UK together with calls in Australia for more police powers to deal with bad behaviour by groups of young people call into question, what is going on in society? It is typical for older generations to see younger ones as troublesome and their... by Dr Joe | Sep 2, 2011 | Medical Tests, Mental Health, Politics, Stress
A few weeks ago I wrote about screening for preschoolers. This touched a nerve as it has had the most comments of any blog I have written. The notion of “screening” children to determine their “fitness” for school together with the proposed “emotional wellness checks”... by Dr Joe | Jul 1, 2011 | Cancer, General Health, Pharmaceuticals, Politics
Sometimes it is surprising to learn the origins of things, which are almost taken for granted. It was only two years ago that I discovered that the war on cancer was declared by then President Nixon who in 1971 was aiming for victory and a cure for cancer by 1976.... by Dr Joe | Feb 12, 2011 | General Health, Immunity, Pharmaceuticals, The Practice of Medicine
The development of penicillin was rightly seen as a great breakthrough in medicine. Fatal infections could now be treated with a “silver bullet.” However in nature nothing is static. Bacteria have been around for longer than humans and have survived by being able to...
