Fettke: cover-up grows as case against him collapses
By Marika Sboros Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke’s professional reputation and licence to practise medicine are no longer under threat. The Australian Health Practitioner [more]
Dietitians Association of Australia
Fettke free at last as AHPRA drops all charges
By Marika Sboros Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke is a free and vindicated man. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has dropped all [more]
Sugar tax – usual suspects say, ‘It wasn’t us!’
A sugar tax is a good thing, right? It’s a significant step to resolve obesity and type 2 diabetes pandemics? Public-health experts want you to [more]
Noakes: medical, scientific worlds watch as HPCSA decides his fate
By Marika Sboros South African scientist Prof Tim Noakes could know by the end of March if his regulatory body will fail in its last-ditch [more]
AHPRA: ‘rats’ abandon sinking ship after attempts to silence Fettke?
By Marika Sboros The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is facing mass resignations from its medical boards nationally. Like the proverbial rats leaving a [more]
DOES DAA TARGET DISSIDENT DIETITIANS WITH FAKE NEWS?
By Marika Sboros When the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) isn’t dishing up fake nutrition news to the public, it makes up fake news to [more]
DAA CLUELESS ON LCHF – DIETITIAN DOWN UNDER
Feng-Yuan Liu, of Metro Dietetics, is a relatively rare but growing species Down Under: a dietitian who is a member of Dietitians Association of Australia [more]
WHY DAA MAY REGRET ‘SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY’
By Marika Sboros It’s no real surprise that Big Food loves the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA). DAA has quietly carved out close to a [more]
DAA TALKING HEADS: TIME FOR NEW CONVERSATION?
By Marika Sboros One reason for the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) credibility problem, say critics, is its public face. They say that by default or [more]
IS DOWN UNDER’S DAA REALLY IN BED WITH BIG FOOD?
By Marika Sboros Is the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) in bed with Big Food? It’s nearly two years since US public health lawyer Michele [more]
FETTKE: VICTIM OF KANGAROO COURT DOWN UNDER? Part 2
This is the final of a two-part series on the strange case of Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke. The country’s medical regulatory body has banned [more]
FETTKE: VICTIM OF KANGAROO COURT DOWN UNDER? Part 1
Why does Australia’s medical regulatory body so badly want Dr Gary Fettke to stop talking to his patients about nutrition? In the first of a [more]
Why Dr Gary Fettke can’t talk to patients about sugar
By Marika Sboros Australian orthopaedic surgeon Dr Gary Fettke can no longer advise his diabetic patients on nutrition to prevent limb amputation. In particular, he [more]
LOW-CARB BEST FOR TYPE 1 DIABETES? YOU BET, SAYS STAPLETON!
By Marika Sboros Ask Australian physician Dr Troy Stapleton if a low-carbohydrate diet is sustainable for type 1 diabetes and you get a one-word answer: [more]
Kosterich: why this man isn’t Australia’s Public Health Enemy!
Australian physician Dr Joe Kosterich is one of a growing and precious breed Down Under: a doctor with an open heart and mind. Like growing numbers [more]