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Author: Dr Ross Walker

Do you live to work or work to live?

By Dr Ross Walker

I occasionally have a patient who says to me, “Doc, I haven’t had a holiday in 10 years!” They wear this fact like it’s a badge of honour. No-one has the epitaph on their gravestone saying, “I only wished I worked harder.” The reality is that our bodies were designed…

Can we stop all this paranoia about vaccinations, please?

By Dr Ross Walker

The commonest call I am receiving to my radio programs and also the commonest email enquiries are all around the clotting risk of the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19. Firstly, let me make the general point about vaccination that it is a medical fact and not just an opinion that vaccination…

Obesity – is it really that bad?

By Dr Ross Walker

I was sitting in my local cafe and couldn’t help but notice the number of people with varying degrees of obesity walking through the shopping centre. It is estimated that a third of the Australian population has a BMI over 30, excluding those with a large muscle mass, such as…

Vaccines – should we be worried?

By Dr Ross Walker

The major medical news story over the past few weeks has been the potential risk of clotting associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19. Photo by Hakan Nural on Unsplash To date, around 25 million people around the world have been vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine. The total number of vaccines…

Bowel movements – how important are they?

By Dr Ross Walker

It is often said that symptoms are your ticket into the medical system. One of the most common symptoms, especially as we age, are changes in our bowel habit in some form. Image source: Adrian Millon on Unsplash These symptoms can vary from changes in frequency & consistency to obvious diarrhoea,…