Lisa Bywaters

Anti-inflammatory diets

Anti-inflammatory diets have been around for some time. There are many websites, books and blogs promoting the benefits of eating…

1 year ago

A weed by any other name

Medicinal cannabis and you Marijuana, dope, pot, grass, weed, Mary Jane, doobie, bud, ganja, hashish, hash, wacky tobaccy…they’re just some…

1 year ago

Visiting a rheumatologist

If you’ve been experiencing persistent joint or muscle pain, stiffness and/or inflammation that you can’t explain (e.g. from a fall…

1 year ago

What is inflammation?

We talk about inflammation a lot. But what is it? What’s happening in your body when you have inflammation? Acute…

1 year ago

How much do you really know about your condition?

It occurred to me today that I really don’t understand as much about my condition as I should. I see…

1 year ago

Money, money, money

Not much has changed since ABBA sang in 1976 “All the things I could do, if I had a little…

1 year ago

Pharmacogenomics… huh???

Your genetics and personalised medicine You may have heard something about personalised medicine and the tongue twister – pharmacogenomics. But…

1 year ago

The importance of good oral health

Hate going to the dentist? You’re not alone. Many of us become anxious or worried about visiting the dentist. But…

1 year ago

Shining bright

Every year on 29 June, people mark World Scleroderma Day. This year, many landmarks around Australia shone gold like sunflowers…

1 year ago

A disease of the bone

What do a 10th-century Viking/poet, the subject of a 16th-century painting, and an 18/19th-century composer have in common? Researchers at…

1 year ago