June 1, 2015
‘Fat City’ revisited
Society
Obesity is a health issue, not an identity issue
Karen Hitchcock
By this author
April 1, 2015
High times
Society
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 …
April 23, 2015
Mind the gaps
Society
The private health insurance racket
March 17, 2015
Fragments
blog
An extract from ‘Dear Life: on caring for the elderly’
March 1, 2015
The dementia cure
Society
Do we change our behaviour or wait for a medical breakthrough?
February 1, 2015
Ironman and medical exams
article
How a gruelling physical challenge became a welcome relief
December 1, 2014
The rural doctor problem
Medicine
Practising medicine away from the big cities
November 1, 2014
Do no harm
Medicine
Sometimes a doctor can’t help but kill a patient
October 1, 2014
Looking for trouble
Health
Does medical screening do more harm than good?
September 1, 2014
The pill problem
General medicine
Are GPs prescribing too many antidepressants?
August 1, 2014
Crazy pills
General medicine
Our obsession with vitamins is getting out of hand
July 1, 2014
Thinking again about palliative care
Health
Dying with dignity means different things to different people
June 1, 2014
Medicine and the mind-body problem
Medicine
What is sickness, and how much of it is in our heads?