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The recent Royal Commission into Aged Care in Australia has released four basic recommendations. Image source: Unsplash.com, Dominik Lange There is a strong need for a new Act that should determine the rights of older people, including their entitlement to care and support based on their needs and preferences. The system

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

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