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Aged Care – has the Royal Commission addressed the real issues?

By Dr Ross Walker

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…

Dietary fat and heart disease — is it a done deal?

By Dr Ross Walker

Photo by Eiliv-Sonas Aceron on Unsplash For over 50 years now, we have been bombarded with the message that there is a strong link between all forms of dietary fat and coronary heart disease. Over the past 20 years, the message has softened to basically pick on trans fatty acids and…

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…