Monthly Archives: May 2016

Surrounding ourselves with the best information and the best experts 1

We are always saying that to be successful in our personal and work lives we have to surround ourselves with the best information and the best experts, and that what this blog is mainly about is helping our readers, our … Continue reading

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Tests we should consider 1

As medical knowledge increases it would seem obvious that more and more tests will be developed that are useful, perhaps vital, to have, and which will cost less and less. A perfect example of what we’re talking about would seem … Continue reading

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The Medical Profession in NSW/Aus – dealing with 11

After a period when we were quite enthusiastic about the usefulness of reviews in choosing doctors, we have had more and more doubts – mainly, but by no means only, because it seemed to become apparent that the very worst … Continue reading

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Cheaper medications? 1

According to Sky News, today, (22 May 2016,) the Federal election campaign has turned to “health.” One of the articles featured is “Labor promises cheaper medicine.” One of our readers reports that pills that cost him over $20 each in … Continue reading

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The Medical Profession in NSW/Aus – dealing with 10

We’ve spent quite a lot of time in working with one of our readers to tell his story of how he got on in dealing with 4 or 5 cardiologists, (heart specialists.) Here’s part of what we’ve come up with. … Continue reading

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Looking after your heart 1

We are flabbergasted by this. One of our readers reports as follows:- We intend to follow this up and will keep our readers advised.

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Ramsay Health Care – dealing with 3

We believe that if an organisation wants us to deal with them that we are entitled to expect that if we email them raising concerns about any aspect of their organisation that they will, (1) acknowledge emails sent to them … Continue reading

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Dental implants – an information article

Somehow or other, we received an email today, (16 May 2016,) including this information article on dental implants. It comes over to us as combining a lot of useful information – although it will be up to our individual readers to … Continue reading

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Omron blood pressure monitors

A comment from one of our readers. “My experience has been that after a certain time Omron blood pressure monitors won’t give you readings no matter what you do – you just get error messages which tell you YOU’VE failed … Continue reading

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Ovarian Cancer 2

Lots of issues make us angry about the medical care system in Australia, and, following on our earlier post on the ovarian cancer issue we’re getting angrier and angrier about this one. Two things are facts – if ovarian cancer … Continue reading

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