The Australian Dietary Guidelines – formerly known as the healthy food pyramid – are a framework for what, and how much, we should be eating. With it comes the advice to eat four to six serves of grain foods a day. It’s advice that Pete Evans insists we have wrong. The chef, author and TV…
Current health systems are not set up to meet the needs of the poor; the part of the world that needs it the most. Here is a brief review of some of the challenges that prevent the sophisticated treatment methods from being introduced into the developing world. Socioeconomic determinants of health Access to health services…
Eat what you want five days a week, send your body to starvation mode for two. The part-time diet that still allows you to eat chocolate cake has hit the headlines and taken off in a big way. The practice of fasting has been around for years, with tests carried out to uncover the potential effects…
A scalpel cuts through flesh like a knife through butter. There are no second guesses, no hesitations. Just a cut. It’s a world of focus, in depth analysis and rational thinking. There is no room for imagination, artistic creation and intuitive passion. Or is there? I have long viewed surgery as a creative art form,…
If I said to you the words urinary tract infection (UTI), I think it’s safe to say that more than 80% of you would know what that is. Which is why I was absolutely amazed, that over 30 women did not know what it was when I spoke to them about it in Kenya a…
Lesbians, gays and bisexuals are more likely to have long-standing mental health problems and are twice as likely to have had bad experiences with their GP. In one of the biggest surveys of homosexuals in England, researchers from Cambridge University found that 12 per cent of lesbian women and almost 19 per cent of…
Every man needs to know that breast cancer is not a woman specific condition. Men can get it too. The aim of this article is to highlight the stigma attached to this cancer and the devastating psychosexual effects it has on the men. Just as much support as we provide to the women, we need…
In Thailand, a bizarre case of baby-making by a Japanese national is continuing to make headlines. Thai police have confirmed the 24 year old fathered 15 babies via surrogacy arrangements. BANGKOK — A DNA test of a Japanese man embroiled in a surrogacy scandal in Thailand shows that he is the biological father of at…
Five important lessons I have learned while working in a developing country. Working at Makunda Hospital has taught me many lessons, most of which I now incorporate into my everyday life. Reflecting back I have come to realise that these lessons are often forgotten or made less important in the developed world. We become consumed…
Victorian Labor party wants to legalise cannabis oil to treat life-threatening conditions. The peak body representing Victorian doctors has backed state opposition leader Daniel Andrews in calling for cannabis to be examined for medical use, but stressed the drug must undergo Australian clinical trials first. Andrews announced on Sunday morning that if elected in November…