http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=health Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2010, National Forum susan@onlineopinion.com.au (Susan Prior) lachlan@onlineopinion.com.au (Lachlan Kuhn) 60 editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Noelle Graham) 'The Biggest Loser' doesn’t inspire health. It's a representation of torture, cultural ideals and placing self worth and value in being thin. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10014 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10014 Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:05:05 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10014 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Tanveer Ahmed) At a time when health spending threatens to strangle our national accounts, it's a problem that doctors are not more involved in the health debate. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9825 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9825 Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:18:43 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9825 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Jeremy Sammut) GPs fear super clinics, subsidised by taxpayers, will compete unfairly putting established private practices out of business. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9877 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9877 Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:46:23 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9877 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Cooke) The next pandemic could begin with a handshake - and it might be the one which kills off the human race. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9859 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9859 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:28:01 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9859 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Peter West) ADHD: thousands of kids around the western world are needlessly drugged every day. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9816 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9816 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:49:57 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9816 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Helen Lobato) As many as a third of women diagnosed with breast cancer may not actually need treatment. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9780 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9780 Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:19:52 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9780 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Mukesh Haikerwal) E-health: enabling access to the right information, for the right person, at the right time and place. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9647 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9647 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:12:23 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9647 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Susan Metcalfe) Refugees and asylum seekers are important, but so are our disabled and their carers. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9658 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9658 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:32:51 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9658 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (John Humphreys) Allowing open competition in health would decrease administration costs and result in higher quality, more efficient health care. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9588 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9588 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:26:51 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9588 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Vern Hughes) Existing private health insurers may have to reinvent themselves to compete with community-based health plans. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9580 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9580 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:04:07 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9580 On Line Opinion