by Dr. Alex Joannou | Jul 8, 2026 | Health and Wellbeing, Acupuncture, Depression and Anxiety
If you’ve been thinking about trying acupuncture but keep coming back to the same worry, “what if I panic on the table with needles in me?”, it’s a completely reasonable thing to wonder. And it deserves a straight answer before anything else. Yes,...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Jun 11, 2026 | Acupuncture, Health and Wellbeing
Every year, on the second Saturday of June, something meaningful happens across the globe. Global Wellness Day brings together millions of people in over 100 countries around a simple but powerful idea: that wellbeing deserves intentional attention. June 13th marks...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | May 13, 2026 | Acupuncture, Medical Science
Early in my career as a GP, I worked from one map. The Western medical model. Blood tests, imaging, and structural pathology. Find what’s wrong, name it, treat it. It’s a precise, evidence-based framework that saves lives. I still use it every single day....
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Apr 7, 2026 | Acupuncture, Health and Wellbeing, Medical Science
I still remember this one patient who came to me for widespread osteoarthritis. She’d been on strong opioid painkillers for years, not because she was careless, but because she was in genuine pain and her prescription made sense at the time. Her story is one...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Mar 10, 2026 | Acupuncture, Health and Wellbeing, Medical Science
Perimenopause is a natural transition, but that doesn’t mean it always feels straightforward. For many women, the signs arrive gradually. Poor sleep here, a short fuse there… until one day it becomes clear that something is shifting. By the time many women arrive at...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Feb 12, 2026 | Acupuncture, Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing, Medical Science
You might think antidepressants are a short-term bridge. A few months to get someone through the worst of it… then a careful review… then a plan. But that isn’t what’s happening for many Australians. In late 2025, a study from the University of South Australia (UniSA)...
