Defeating aging will not be a single intervention. It will require investment, planning and courage.

I support this movement not only because it restores agency to both doctor and patient, but because it acknowledges what many avoid: the mounting burden of environmental toxicity, poor urban design, ultra-processed foods, and social disconnection as key contributors to modern disease and suffering. These factors impose not only human costs but enormous strain on public health budgets.

Today, I can hear the headline and tell you the outlet. I can see the spin and name the editor. Tell me the reporter, and I’ll tell you the narrative. What we consume as “news” is often preloaded with opinion, curated to echo the worldview of its audience. Objectivity has become quaint; tribalism sells better.

The health outcomes of a population reflect the efficacy of the public health systems and regulatory structures. While incoming leaders, including the new CEO of AHPRA, acknowledge challenges in implementation and resourcing, I’m not sure we’ve fully recognised that systems errors — not just surface-level or budget-driven issues — may be at play. If these deeper structural issues remain unaddressed, it becomes harder to fix the symptomatic problems that we all see.

Nowhere is this more visible than in healthcar regulation. Medical boards and public health agencies rigorously scritinize doctors who prescribe medicinal cannabis - even when prescribed legally, ethically, and with proper training……

‘Chronic Cumulative Exposure to Non Lethal Environemental Toxicity’ CCENLET - not nearly as catchy as the illness?

In early human trials, some agents showed promise in increasing muscle volume. For example, ACE-083, an intramuscular myostatin inhibitor, led to localized muscle growth in patients with neuromuscular disease. Other agents like domagrozumab and taldefgrobep alfa showed similar results—more muscle, better biomarkers. But here's the catch.,,,,,,,

the Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) and Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) framework has produced a narrow, top-down model of care. While this system has undoubtedly improved consistency and documentation, it has also coincided with a healthcare landscape increasingly shaped by corporate priorities, not patient outcomes.

For healthcare providers, recognising this need is central to modern patient care. For patients, engaging in wellness strategies is no longer optional—it is a responsible, science-aligned response to modern life. Protocols can be developed and delivered at every level of care.

To simply wait for disease to declare itself is to miss the entire point of modern longevity and functional medicine. We must now become proactive custodians of biology — identifying early signs of cellular dysfunction, supporting detoxification pathways, and improving the body’s internal communication networks (paracrine, endocrine, and beyond).

Metformin is safe, cheap, already approved for diabetes. It prevents chronic disease and even ageing. Yet it cannot overcome the regulatory barriers to approval for this indication. What does this say about regulatory approval?

The blanked fear around testosterone may no longer be justified…

Emerging therapies, often used in integrative, functional, or boutique clinical settings, are targeting these mechanisms. Therapies that include nutritional and peptide interventions, microbiome modulation, detoxification protocols, precision supplementation, and regenerative strategies are showing remarkable promise. But they remain largely excluded from mainstream care.

Despite this health landscape, governments and public health agencies continue to pour trillions of dollars annually into healthcare - largely into the management of disease, not its prevention or cure…..

A system focused on process gets good processes. A system focused on outcomes gets good outcomes.

No apologies from the mainstream when functional medicine practtiioners were right all along…..

Is a lack of evidence blocking access to Medicinal Cannabis in Australia? Or something else?

….Animal and early human studies suggest NAD+ restoration can improve metabolism, reduce neurodegeneration, and enhance cardiovascular health. Clinical trials are ongoing to explore NAD+ precursors' effects on aging, chronic diseases, and overall healthspan........…

….gut flora is indispensable for our health and survival. Many essential substances, like certain vitamins, can only be produced by these microorganisms. This also explains why some chemicals, deemed harmless to humans because they don’t target our proteins, can still profoundly harm us by disrupting the gut flora. These microorganisms interact with dietary information, signalling our immune and neurological systems in response........…

….Guidelines are typically built on evidence from studies published in peer-reviewed journals, and these studies are overwhelmingly funded by pharmaceutical companies. Since the approval process prioritises interventions that fit the pharmaceutical model—patentable, profitable, and quantifiable—these therapies dominate the body of evidence.......…