Lifestyle
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“Oh What a Feeling!”
15 Nov 2018
Australia’s best-selling vehicle in 2018BY DR CLIVE FRASERFor the past 32 years the top-selling motor vehicle in the United States has been the Ford F-Series truck.While the... -
BOOK REVIEW
14 Nov 2018
Booming: A Life Changing Philosophy for Ageing WellMarcus Riley Marcus Riley is the Chief Executive Officer of BallyCara, a charitable organisation and public benevolent... -
A self-guide to guided tours
14 Nov 2018
BY CHRIS JOHNSONTo guide or not to guide… that is the question.I’m not a fan of the guided tour (see the Travel section of Australian Medicine October 15, 2018 edition for more on... -
Escaping to sanctuary in the Swiss Alps
10 Oct 2018
TRAVEL BY CHRIS JOHNSON Let’s face it. You’ve seen one church you’ve seen them all. Every European city is rightly proud of its cathedral, but after Notre Dame what... -
Lithium – Power to the people
09 Oct 2018
BY DR CLIVE FRASERIt’s been 70 years since an Australian ex-Changi POW named Dr John Cade treated his first patient with lithium.On March 29, 1948, Dr Cade commenced treating Mr... -
Talking about airbags
12 Sep 2018
BY DR CLIVE FRASERIn 1953 an American engineer (John Hetrick) patented a “safety cushion assembly for automotive vehicles”.Hetrick remarked that: "In the spring of '52, my wife,... -
Soaking in the Baths of Caracalla
10 Sep 2018
By Chris Johnson When in Rome….Surely a visit to Italy has to include a night out at the opera?After all, the Italians invented the opera. They know how to put one on.At the... -
THEATRE - Battle of the sexes well acted
27 Aug 2018
Canberra’s Street Theatre is again presenting another classic play with (tenuous) links to what could be described as medical-related terminology.In the 19th Century, Austrian... -
Timing is everything
17 Aug 2018
BY DR CLIVE FRASER In my last column, I gleefully mused about what an enjoyable evening I had watching the understated spectacle of the Royal Wedding on Saturday 19th May... -
Wynns Coonawarra – have a cigar
17 Aug 2018
BY DR MICHAEL RYAN I was swanning around the local bottle shop looking for some inspiration. An old stalwart caught my eye; Wynn’s Black Label 2015 Coonawarra Cabernet...
