Health
The Fake Papers in the Literature
Authorship, citations, even academic journal editors, are up for sale. It is unclear when paper mills began to operate at scale.
OIA: Medsafe Has No Duty of Care to the New Zealand Public
This apparent contradiction raises serious concerns about the integrity of our public health system
Health Professionals: What’s Your Conscience Telling You?
By addressing these issues head-on and prioritising patient welfare, the medical community can begin to heal divisions and rebuild trust that has been damaged.
Pence’s Advocacy Group Has Ties to Pfizer
Marc Short – Pence’s former chief of staff during Trump’s first term and now the co-author of the AAF letter lambasting RFK, Jr – had $51,000 – $115,000 in Pfizer stock in 2020. He also owned stock in Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Eli Lilly, and other companies.
Does NZ First Stand for Preventive Health?
We can learn from the global examples unfolding today and make decisions that prioritise sustainable, people-focused healthcare investments over expensive, reactive interventions driven by profit motives.
The Surge in Assisted Suicide
In a day and age where there is a growing epidemic of loneliness and despair, we should not be encouraging a culture of death as the antidote to life and its challenges.
This Is a Case of Regulatory Failure
The policy formulation process has been extraordinarily poor. The case is not made scientifically, economically or environmentally in any underpinning policy documentation.
New Data Sheds Light on Cover Up
Denial is a rather concerning medical response to a cancer epidemic. Doctors are sworn to do no harm. They should be reaching for the emergency button.
Anxiety and Going to School
Here a few hints I have picked up through my experiences and through helping many children get through this kind of situation.
The Deplorable Ethics of a Preemptive Pardon
It is deplorable for Biden to preemptively pardon Fauci on his last day in office, with so little known about the research NIAID funded in 2019 and voters so clearly eager to learn more. A pardon to preempt an investigation is not a pardon: it is obstruction.
The Safety Questions No One Is Asking
I want to highlight a few of our questions here in the faint hope that the other witnesses, notably MHRA, will not also be given a ‘Hancock-style’ easy ride when they appear before the inquiry over the next two weeks.
The Longest Inaugural, but the Shortest Presidency
The story of President William Henry Harrison.
Gender Expectations: Both Sides of the Story
Had the NZ Listener published my story on the risks associated with medicalising gender dysphoric teens in early 2021, as promised, one can only imagine the ensuing discussions and impact it might have had.