JK Rowling and the Benefits of Failure and Crucial Importance of Imagination

JK Rowling admits to being very nervous before she delivered the Commencement Address to the Harvard Alumni Association in 2008. No wonder, its a big gig. ‘The Commencement’ is the American term for the what we call a Graduation Ceremony. The Harvard Alumni Association have only been organising the Harvard Commencement since 1867! The year […]

Barbara Starfield – a tireless advocate for family medicine and primary care

Barbara Starfield – a tireless advocate for family medicine and primary care

The work of Barbara Starfield has been an inspiration for practice improvement. Her studies demonstrate that the to key to improving the health of our communities is the better provision of primary care. She has  lectured in Australia on a number of occasions, including at a previous AGPN forum, where I was lucky enough to […]

Advertising : Coke is Good for You

Coke is good for you! Smoking is good for you! Radiation is good for you! See the full gallery on Posterous oobject.com has collected some vintage ads claiming dubious outrageous health benefit for the products they advertise. This could never happen now – could it? 🙂