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Friends of Science in Medicine (to whose goals I am a signatory) has gotten together with the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) to produce some excellent and sensible advice about dodgy…
Regular readers will know that I have had a bit to say in the past about the way the chiropractic profession is run in Australia. I have refrained thus far from posting about the latest controversy, but…
I’ve been in Italy this last week, for the EFIC Congress, which is the biggest international scientific meeting that pain types go to in a year when there is no official World Congress. On the first day…
This apparently scandalous story was brought to my attention this week. The story was about what seemed to the reporters to be a massive coverup of the toxicity of acetaminophen, which is the US spelling…
The announcement of a new research centre at UTS Sydney to perform research on CAM raises some interesting issues for discussion. The first and most obvious question is why there needs to be a separate…
I’m currently in Sydney at the Annual Scientific Meeting of my original tribe. The session I went to this morning were my first look back at the state of stroke rehabilitation for nearly a decade. Things…
Codeine is the most widely available opioid analgesic in Australia, but the problems with its well-intentioned overuse are not so widely known or talked about. I was therefore delighted to see it being…
Over the weekend there was a story in the Fairfax press which highlights why I think the bizarre anti-fluoride conspiracy beliefs that you see around the place are not harmless whimsy. I’ve discussed in…
Reflecting on today’s very underwhelming health policy ‘debate’ at the National Press Club left me feeling like a very large, brightly coloured bus had been missed. The Federal Minister for Health Tanya…
I’ve seen a few things this last week or so which have made me very pleased that we live in the Lucky Country. The first of them was the news that the UK Conservative government has sold off to venture…