Choosing the right home care provider…

Seven steps to help you choose the right home care provider First published February 27, 2017 12.29pm AEDT, written by Associate Professor Lee-Fay Low, for The Conversation.   Older people needing extra help to live at home, whether that’s help with bathing, gardening, transport or physiotherapy, now have greater choice when it comes to the types…

Deep brain stimulation

Deep brain stimulation: a fix when the drugs don’t work posted in The Conversation, 14 May 2013. Read this article in full. It discusses the recent advances using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in selective brain regions for conditions like Parkinson’s disease, memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease to inescapable cravings in drug addiction, and binge eating.

Copyright, idea plagiarism and the digital world

After reading an article titled Creation and copyright law: the case of 3D printing from The Conversation,it lead me to many other online articles about copyright, and of course I then wondered if the topic was worth of a blog. I have often wondered about copyright in relation to a conversation you might have with someone,…

Ranting, human rights and help required

Often ready to have a good rant, and then encouraged by friends, I have now set up onebigrant You may wish to join me there?! Karen will be a guest author or responder if I can ever work how to set that up. Eliza, you might be able to help me, as I know you…