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Author: Dr Ross Walker

Maintaining the RAGE

By Dr Ross Walker

With 8% of the adult population in Australia suffering type 2 diabetes, this condition and its less common cousin, type 1 diabetes may induce devastating complications affecting the macrocirculation, leading to heart disease, stroke and blockages in the arteries to the legs known as peripheral vascular disease. All forms of…

It’s all in the Genes

By Dr Ross Walker

There is increasing evidence that all modern diseases have a strong genetic basis. As a cardiologist, I often have younger people affected by cardiovascular disease saying to me, “Doctor, I do all the right things. I don’t smoke; I’m thin; regularly exercise and eat good food and I still needed…

Omicron — Yet another Greek letter to deal with!

By Dr Ross Walker

Photo by Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash Just when you thought it was going to be safe to dip your toe back in the waters of international travel, yet another coronavirus variant has emerged, potentially adding to the fourth wave of this virus especially affecting the northern hemisphere. Continuing with the Greek…

Gut health — is it that important?

By Dr Ross Walker

Over the past 5 years, I have been on the board of the Gut Foundation which was founded a number of years ago by the legendary gastroenterologist, Professor Terry Bolin. The mission of the Gut Foundation is to educate the public regarding the importance of gut health along with facilitating…

Food as medicine – how it works

By Dr Ross Walker

Two and a half thousand years ago, Hippocrates – the father of Medicine stated, “See food as medicine & medicine as food”. This prophetic statement is as true today as it was back then. Today’s conservative doctors have this belief that if you can’t fix it with a prescription pad…