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Antibiotics — Do we need to complete the full course?

Aug10

A group of ten key opinion leaders in the United Kingdom have just released an opinion piece in the British Medical Journal suggesting people prescribed antibiotics should not complete the full course and in fact cease the pills when they start to feel better. The suggestion from these experts was

Going off your meds is costly — and deadly

Dr Ross Walker

Aug09

(Text and images from Australian Financial Review) Prescribe medication to people living with a chronic disease, and there’s a 50–50 chance they’ll be off their medications within a year. People who don’t adhere to their prescriptions not only have poorer health outcomes, they also place a massive $650 billion burden

Breast cancer — what hurts and what helps

Dr Ross Walker

Aug09

1 in 8 women in Australia will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some stage during their lifetime. There are around 17,600 cases of breast cancer diagnosed on a yearly basis. Breast cancer is the most common cause of (non-skin) cancer in women and the second most common cause of

Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment

Dr Ross Walker

Aug07

A recent report published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine by three cardiologists, including my friend Dr Aseem Malholtra, has presented a stunning exposé around creating diseases out of non-diseases. I am a strong advocate for appropriate screening for common diseases but the main problem here is

Thinking — your brain needs it!

Dr Ross Walker

Aug01

Cogito Ergo Sum — I think, therefore I am. This famous phrase was made by the French philosopher, René Descartes in 1644. In so many ways, the way we think defines us. The quality of your life is often defined by the quality of your thinking. My daughter, Dr Ali Walker, has

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Antibiotics — Do we need to complete the full course?

Going off your meds is costly — and deadly

Breast cancer — what hurts and what helps

Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment

Thinking — your brain needs it!

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