Collateral Damage In The War On Cancer

Since the war on cancer was declared by then president Nixon in 1971 much effort has been devoted to the war. So how are we doing?   In 2007 there were 12 million new cases of cancer reported world wide and 7.5 million deaths.These numbers are projected to rise to 27...

Be Questioning

A survey of Australians shows that church attendance has fallen about one third over the last 16 years. A number of other “religion” parameters such as belief in heaven and god have also fallen although running in parallel with this is an increasing interest in...

Wealth and Health Are Connected

Whilst being rich does not of itself guarantee a long or happy life and many people with little by way of monetary wealth live a long and happy life wealth and health are linked. As nations become wealthier the overall standard of health rises. We have seen over the...

Human Emotion Is Not A Disease

One of the things one tends to do when in another city is use public transport. And so it was that I was waiting for a train at Sydney Town Hall Station when the billboard caught my eye.”7 out of 10 Australians will suffer a mental health illness” was the headline....