Young receives lesson on ‘old-age’
People need to take responsibility for their own health, a Sydney-based specialist in preventative medicine, claims. The University of Sydney’s Associate Professor, Eugen Molodysky, recently addressed a crowd of more than 100 people at a free health session in Young, a town in south western New South Wales.
People need to take responsibility for their own health, a Sydney-based specialist in preventative medicine, claims.
The University of Sydney’s Associate Professor, Eugen Molodysky, who recently addressed a crowd of more than 100 people at a free health session in Young, a town in south western New South Wales, claims to know the secrets to preventing different types of cancers and other common diseases like osteoporosis, dementia and heart disease.
Professor Molodysky told the local newspaper, The Young Witness, it was essential people do not “wait for things to go wrong” when it comes to their health.
Engaging with doctors to bring about change was a pivotal message throughout his presentation, which also outlined some risk factors for common diseases and early-preventative screening tests.
“The consumer is the most powerful of all,” Dr Molodysky said.
“Treatments are only subsidised when pharmaceutical companies lobby the government. It’s not about your wellbeing – it’s about money,” he claimed.
He also advised the seminar’s audience to make lifestyle changes before resorting to medication-based treatments, claiming people do not need “half of what [they are] taking”.
The seminar, organised by local biological fertiliser company, Ylad Living Soils, also encouraged people to maintain a diet rich in antioxidants and to engage in regular, light to moderate, exercise.
Dr Molodysky is recognised nationally as a leader in primary health care, and his contribution to the sector extends across clinical practice, research and teaching.
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