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Society
April 1, 2015High times
After lunch at my mum’s house the other day, my brother and I walked around the corner to visit an old school friend we hadn’t seen for years. Pete had moved back into his childhood home when his parents left for a retirement village. He answered …
blog
March 17, 2015Fragments
An extract from ‘Dear Life: on caring for the elderly’
Society
March 1, 2015The dementia cure
Do we change our behaviour or wait for a medical breakthrough?
article
February 1, 2015Ironman and medical exams
How a gruelling physical challenge became a welcome relief
Medicine
December 1, 2014The rural doctor problem
Practising medicine away from the big cities
Medicine
November 1, 2014Do no harm
Sometimes a doctor can’t help but kill a patient
Health
October 1, 2014Looking for trouble
Does medical screening do more harm than good?
General medicine
September 1, 2014The pill problem
Are GPs prescribing too many antidepressants?
General medicine
August 1, 2014Crazy pills
Our obsession with vitamins is getting out of hand
Health
July 1, 2014Thinking again about palliative care
Dying with dignity means different things to different people
Medicine
June 1, 2014Medicine and the mind-body problem
What is sickness, and how much of it is in our heads?
Pharmaceuticals
May 1, 2014Big pharma
How doctors deal with drug companies
Health
April 1, 2014The trouble with miracle cures
Can antibiotics really cure back pain?
Decision-making
March 1, 2014The biggest decisions
Why doctors second-guess themselves
Medicine’s mission to Mars
Transplants, out-of-body organs and limits to treatment
