Professor Chris Baggoley, Chief Executive of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, sent this email in response to my recent post about the complexity of factors whi... Read more
In a recent Crikey article, journalist Margaret Simons investigated how The Age newspaper came to publish a column “in error”. Reading about the many factors and circumstances – both s... Read more
Some hundreds of patients with depression, anxiety and other disorders have received online treatment using a sophisticated computerised cognitive behaviour therapy program from the St Vince... Read more
Tim Gill, executive officer of the Australian and NZ Obesity Society, has some comments to add to the recent Crikey story on the so-called “obesity epidemic myth”. “Tim Old... Read more
When I look back at my 20-odd years as a health reporter, there are many things I wish I’d done better or differently (including winning more fights with news editors). So I am very sympathe... Read more
It’s the slow-news, silly season, it’s summer…and it’s the perfect time for pitching advertising dressed up as news, especially if it involves scare stories about sunscreens. And so we have... Read more
It’s extremely likely that a number of Australian medicos suffered some uncomfortable “there but for the grace of God go I” moments this week. The immediate cause of their discomfort was the... Read more
Dr Ken Harvey writes: Two important research reports on the complementary medicines information needs of Australian consumers and health professionals are now available from the National Pre... Read more
The Center for Media and Democracy in the US has documented some sickening relationships between the industries that cause and treat diseases: • In 2006, the American Heart Association teame... Read more
Professor Warwick Anderson, the ceo of the NHMRC, recently set the cat amongst the pigeons with a call for doctors and other health professionals to avoid appearing in advertising for pharma... Read more
