Can stress can upset your heart? Yes it can, very directly, in the case of broken heart syndrome. But more typically stress impacts the heart through the unhealthy and unhelpful ways that we respond to the chronic stress generated by… Continue Reading →
If you have a bad back or neck pain then you may get absolute relief from a spinal injection. Done by your local radiologist, a steroid combined with a local anaesthetic injected under CT guidance can relieve your pain. There… Continue Reading →
Dr John D’Arcy O’Donnell has helped many people learn and live healthier lives through his media work, after a breaking news event set him on the path. The 69-year-old Beecroft resident, who runs a general practice in Hannah St, has… Continue Reading →
Listen in to this video launch of MedicineWise Awareness Week. Dr John speaks about the importance of using medicines as prescribed. Some of his tips include: Cleaning our your medical cabinet of old medications Keeping an up-to-date medicines list Keep… Continue Reading →
Watch Dr John speaking at the launch of the NPS MedicineWise Antibiotic Awareness Week.
In a review of past studies researchers have determined that resistance training was helpful to cancer patients. The tests showed consistent results for patients in the early and later stages of their treatment. Dr John notes that this was even… Continue Reading →
Chronic disease is changing the way we live. We are growing older but we are sicker. 50% of heart attack survivors don’t change their bad lifestyle choices and so they significantly increase the risk of a subsequent heart attack. After… Continue Reading →
Trying to pack another 8 hours into an already full and busy day? The result will be restless nights and weary mornings but there are ways to stop it! Light in the night interrupts our natural circadian rhythms and Dr… Continue Reading →
Your balance is controlled by a delicate process that collects information from so many sources. Your inner ears, vision, muscles and joints are all accessed by your brain with messages going out and back to ensure you stay in balance…. Continue Reading →
Because of antibiotics, half a century ago we thought we had beaten the bugs. Not so! Today, the misuse and overuse of these life-saving medicines is contributing to one of the greatest threats to human health. Every time we use… Continue Reading →
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