It’s probably no coincidence that many of the health professionals who have been prepared to stand up and be counted in the paranoid public debate about asylum seekers have come from t... Read more
Today is an important day. And not because, as some people are saying, the election campaign has finally become interesting. Thanks to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons f... Read more
Last week The Australian newspaper splashed with this story about a “green diet push” which accused the National Health and Medical Research Council, which is currently developing new nation... Read more
Professor Simon Chapman, who is quite famous for not shying away from a stoush when public health interests are at stake, is fired up over news that Bill Gates is hooking up with a tobacco i... Read more
In the previous post, public health advocate Professor Simon Chapman called for a ban on solaria. Tanning salons are also causing heatwaves in the US – and some dilemmas for health pol... Read more
It’s time to bust some media myths about smoking amongst girls and women, says Simon Chapman, professor of public health at the University of Sydney. He writes: “Last week, visit... Read more
The theme dominating so many of our health reform discussions and decisions is that we need to spend more and do more, to improve the population’s health. That is no doubt true in many areas... Read more
What are the consequences for mental health when there is negative news about asylum seekers and refugees? It’s a question worth asking in light of recent headlines like “Kevin R... Read more
As previously mentioned at Croakey, the inaugural international Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress is underway in Melbourne this week. Associate Professor Mardie Townsend, from Deakin Uni... Read more
Trying to make sense of the plans for US health care reform is a bit like, as one observer told Croakey, “snorkelling through mud”. Below are some links to articles that fill in some of the... Read more
