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It’s been a really interesting month for those of us who follow the chronic pain literature. The idea that higher brain processes such as attention, emotional functioning and even language can be affected…
It’s about to get a lot harder to believe food advertising. Ministers from Australian states and New Zealand with responsibility for oversight of food labelling met by teleconference at the end of last…
Regular readers will not be surprised that the MJA articles on CAM teaching in universities have not gone unnoticed by this column. Ian Musgrave has done a typically thorough job highlighting one of the…
I have just attended the 15th World Congress of Pain Clinicians, and while there, I went to a session chaired by one of the unsung heroes of evidence-based medicine, Prof Andrew Moore from Oxford University…
Homeopaths in the UK are about to find out what it’s like to be properly regulated….and they don’t like it. Consolidation of existing regulations by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency…
Medical doctors are often accused of paying little attention to dietary interventions for many diseases. On the other hand, dietary fads and commercial supplements are frequently based on little, if any…
As a kid I can remember my Dad going off to Rotary meetings and coming back talking about how polio could one day be eradicated. He and his decidedly uncool and stuffy Rotarian buddies did some serious…
The Channel 9 Mornings program this morning ran a story about a Christian couple who claim to be able to cure cancer by the power of prayer. Not surprisingly, for those who missed it, there is no acknowledgement…
The debate in society about marriage equality for same-sex couples has many facets. Until now though, health arguments have not been to the fore. The Melbourne Herald Sun ran with a story about some doctors…
It’s been a pretty tough week for supporters of alternatives to medicine. First up, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) released a draft for public comment of its much-anticipated consultation document…