Can knee arthroplasty improve your golf handicap?
Knee arthroplasty is controversial: Is the procedure okay to perform in people under 50 or over 90? Is hospital rehab necessary or not? Do people…
Tag: Lifestyle
Health inequality widens between poor and rich Aussies
Obesity rates are 38.5% in disadvantaged areas and 24.6% in advantaged ones, shows study.
Respected surgeon ‘period shamed’ over bushfire tears
When Associate Professor Rhea Liang teared up on her break, a colleague asked if she was 'on her period'.
Why this GP, and mum, is worried about Aussie kids
GPs have a responsibility to alleviate parental fears about safety in order to address childhood inactivity, writes Dr Liz Sturgiss.
Dr Geoff Toogood: How I nearly drowned swimming the Channel
Melbourne cardiologist and doctors' mental health advocate Dr Geoff Toogood is also an ocean swimmer. Here, he recounts the remarkable story of his…
Smoking and heavy drinking increase facial ageing: study
First large study to link the habits to skin ageing may help encourage patients give up: researchers.
Let your patients (without heart disease) know full-cream is okay
National Heart Foundation has updated dietary advice on dairy, eggs and meat.
Surgeon shamed for crocheting in a presentation wins support
The Queensland doctor was overwhelmed by messages from doctors addicted to wool crafts.
A GP guide to managing obesity in pregnancy
Almost half of women enter pregnancy in the overweight or obese range.
