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Author: Dr Ross Walker

Male Menopause — does it exist?

By Dr Ross Walker

All women will experience menopause at some stage in midlife. For around 95%, this will occur at sometime between age 45 to 55. But, over the past few decades, scientific evidence has emerged that a similar process occurs in most males. This has led to the term, andropause. Basically, the…

Personalised Cancer Vaccine

By Dr Ross Walker

Over the past decade we have seen enormous strides in the management of cancer. There have been a number of different approaches, including immunotherapy, which have seen diseases which had previously not had really effective therapies demonstrate prolonged remission and in some cases cure. One of the major problems with…

Alcohol — how much should we drink?

By Dr Ross Walker

For many years there has been this ongoing debate in society regarding the potential health detriments, along with the possible health benefits, of consuming alcohol. Much of the evidence points to a J shaped curve suggesting 1–2 standard drinks per day may even confer some health benefit, compared with those…

What brings on a heart attack?

By Dr Ross Walker

There is no doubt that the biggest killer across the globe is cardiovascular disease. The major cause of cardiovascular disease is atherosclerosis, which is the progressive build-up of fat, inflammatory tissue, calcium and other cellular constituents in the walls of arteries, over many decades. Eventually, these fatty plaques rupture to…

Viagra — some more hard evidence for its benefits

By Dr Ross Walker

Around 20 years ago, Viagra and two other erectile dysfunction agents hit the medical market, becoming one of the most widely used pharmaceutical drug agents across the globe. These drugs, known as phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDE-5 inhibitors) were initially trialled as cardiac drugs because they open up arteries. When middle-aged males…