Over the weekend, the Sydney Morning Herald wrote of the ‘heavy cost’ of obesity to the Australian health system http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/the-heavy-cost-of-obesity-and-how-nsw-health-workers-are-responding-20150613-ghmxbu.html . The article featured a quote that “the new normal is to be overweight or obese”. The epidemic of obesity has presented major health challenges that are not just faced by the developed world but […]
Month: June 2015
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: from Charcot to cutting edge molecular genetics
For most clinicians, having to tell a patient that they have motor neuron disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a difficult and challenging dilemma. In the community, it is one of the few remaining conditions that are inseparably linked with severe physical disability resulting in loss of independence and eventually loss of life. On a more […]