Are we obsessed with numbers and forget who our patients are?
We live in a world where patience is a diminishing commodity. We want each day to wrap up like an episode of a TV show. We [...]
Gerald Quigley
Gerald Quigley is a Melbourne-based pharmacist who has a strong interest in complementary medicine. He is a member of The National Herbalists Association of Australia and The Australian Traditional Medicine Society.
He is also an Associate Fellow of the Australian College of Pharmacy. Up to the year 2000, Gerald operated community pharmacies in partnership with his wife Philippa but has since diversified into health broadcasting (Radio 3AW), writing (Retail Pharmacy and a wide variety of health and lifestyle magazines) and various consultancies as an integrative pharmacist and medical herbalist.
He also lectures at GippsTAFE on weight management and complementary medicines.
Dementia – can we educate and reduce risk?
At the inaugural Swisse Preventative Health Symposium held in Melbourne last Friday, I was privileged to hear a fascinating [...]
Complementary Medicine – Are You In or Are you Out?
I’m tired of the same old, same old criticisms of complementary medicines being thrown by sensationalizing media like [...]
Do you give out your mobile number?
Contrary to what many others think, allowing a patient access to your mobile phone won’t cause an avalanche of irrelevant [...]
Do we follow our own advice?
As we become more experienced in patient care, we learn to treat not only the conditions a patient presents with, but also [...]
Fracture – are we involved enough?
The Journal of Internal Medicine has published some views on hip fracture. The statistics behind this unfortunate and common [...]
4 Corners or 4 Circles?
Two brilliantly interwoven stories over the last ten days or so have given the ABC and Fairfax media plenty of fodder to [...]
Coincidence?
Medical media recently has highlighted the bad news for back pain sufferers – analgesic don’t work! As reported in [...]
Do we exclude our oldest customers?
People over the age of 85 are significantly more likely to suffer social exclusion than those in the 65 to 85-year-old [...]
Do we do enough for our statin patients?
Even though statins are the “go-to” therapy for lowering “bad” cholesterol, other treatments can effectively reduce [...]
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