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Author: Dr Ross Walker

A common blood pressure drug INCREASES lung cancer risk?

By Dr Ross Walker

A recent study published in the British medical Journal from McGill University in Canada reviewed 1 million people in the UK who were commenced on blood pressure treatment between 1995–2015. These people were all adults and were followed for just over 6 years on average. During this time 8000 people…

Vitamin D supplements — are they useless?

By Dr Ross Walker

Osteoporosis is incredibly common. To quote the osteoporosis Australia website there is an estimated 1.2 million people living in Australia with the condition and a further 6.3 million people with low bone density. Although postmenopausal women are at the greatest risk for osteoporosis, well over 20% of males over the…

Hip and knee surgery — a panacea?

By Dr Ross Walker

There is no doubt that the definitive, evidence-based treatment for severe knee or hip osteoarthritis is a joint replacement. All other therapies are aimed at either reducing inflammation or pain and as yet we do not have effective treatments to rebuild cartilage and thus giving a person a new joint…

Aged Care

By Dr Ross Walker

With the recent political rumblings about the aged care sector, along with the Royal commission into this sector about to commence, I thought I would repeat my comments around this entire issue. Firstly, without a radical rethink of the entire age care subject, nothing will change, regardless of a Royal…

Is watching sports a health hazard?

By Dr Ross Walker

With the football finals all around us, the question is: is all this excitement and/or disappointment worth the effort? A number of medical studies have suggested, over the past few years, a degree of caution when being a spectator in the variety of sports available across the world. These studies…