Alex Lewis, father of one, came down with a common cold in late 2013, which quickly developed into septicaemia and toxic shock syndrome. With less than a 3% chance of survival, doctors fought to save him. From arriving back at his family home and readjusting his relationships, to taking his
At the start of this project, I promised to try to rate every contest and candidate in the Auckland Local elections. That includes District Health Boards. They’re as numerous as measles cases, as successful as the Warriors and more boring than Steve Braunias’ Secret Diary columns. There are twenty
There is ‘extraordinary hostility’ towards anyone who questions the long-term ramifications of putting children on ‘puberty-blockers,’ according to Sky News host Peta Credlin.
My non scientific answer would be none of the above. I do not think it was what my husband ate that caused his stroke at 49 years of age; it was the stress caused by protracted legal jihad over 7+ years that caused his stroke. People online have claimed that
Newstalk ZB transcript starts at 7:28 https://weekondemand.newstalkzb.co.nz/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.09.03-07.30.00-S.mp3 Mike: The prime minister Jacinda Ardern is with us this morning. Good morning. Jacinda: Good morning. Mike: Could I accuse you of being asleep at the wheel
Alliteration in a headline is always good and if you can pull it off inside a post as well it’s even better. I was reading Bob Jones’ blog post More Bogus Racist Claims yesterday when I almost spilt my cup of tea over my keyboard. His summing up of
There is no doubt that this government has been shamed into funding more cancer treatments by the opposition. They promised that they would fund cancer drugs during their election campaign, but we all know how hollow those election promises were. Now, as a result of National’s excellent proposals on
If you are unfortunate enough to have a malfunctioning bottom and you also live in the Otago Southland region, you’re in double trouble. The best thing you can do to improve your life expectancy is to pick up sticks and move house further north to find a properly functioning
As new science fuels the debate about cellphone safety, we take a closer look at a little known message inside your cellphone’s settings and manual telling you to keep the device 5 to 15 mm away from your body. We ask why this message exists, why it’s so
National party Press Release: The government has been embarrassed into action on cancer by the National party and has fallen short, National’s spokesperson for Health Michael Woodhouse says. “After nine years of opposition and two years of sitting on his hands in government, Minister Clark has been dragged kicking
On February 1st this year I was an extremely lucky boy. I was swimming in the surf up at Mangawhai Heads when I got dumped by a wave while body surfing. I realised as I started to tumble forward within the wave, that I was in real danger of whacking
“Creeping Death” might sound like an old Hammer horror movie, but the reality is closer to the 1976 science fiction film, Logan’s Run. Although (often justly) dismissed as a plodding and pretentious, the film’s central premise is beginning to look grimly familiar: in the name of sustainability, everyone
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