A medical researcher once told me: “If you can live for the next twenty years, you’ll be able to live past one hundred easily”. What he was referring to was the multiple advances in treating the diseases of old age, which, he averred, would soon extend everyone’s lifespan
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com One of our occasional writers, a mandated-out nurse of many years experience now lost to the health system, picked up the speech of a proper politician, Senator Gerard Rennick in Australia, and hopes it might inspire our own. She emailed the
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com There has been an outcry in recent weeks about the race-based differentiation of access to, and allocation of, health services. The spotlight on health came from the confirmation that identifying as Maori is a factor in determining a patient’s position on surgical waiting lists. This
Right To Life News righttolife.org.uk A quadriplegic Canadian woman is considering euthanasia because she says it is more readily available than state disability support, even though she does not want to die. Rose Finlay is a 33-year-old quadriplegic mother of two children who have disabilities. She has released
Michelle Wheeler Freelance Science Journalist Michelle is a former science and environment reporter for The West Australian. Her work has seen her visit a snake-infested island dubbed the most dangerous in the world, test great white shark detectors in a tinny and meet isolated tribes in the Malaysian jungle. Michelle
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com In November 2021, just as the mandates came down on health and education workers, NZDSOS arranged for a brief advertisement to be aired on Newstalk ZB to let people know about our organisation and our website. New Zealanders were keen for
Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator. mercatornet.com At the end of this month, a Toronto man will appear in court charged with abetting suicide. This is not, as you might think, a case of mercy killing — a grieving husband who wants to stop the suffering of his
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The cover of this magazine caught our attention recently. The picture says it all. Hawkes Bay nurses are sick and tired. It is no wonder that someone wearing all that PPE would be sick and tired. Hair cap, goggles, mask and
Miriam Grossman mercatornet.com This is an excerpt from the introduction to Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrist’s Guide Out of the Madness, the latest book by American psychiatrist Miriam Grossman. When I graduated from medical school, I took an oath. I stood up, raised my right hand,
Steve Templeton Steve Templeton, Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute, is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Indiana University School of Medicine – Terre Haute. His research focuses on immune responses to opportunistic fungal pathogens. brownstone.org During the COVID pandemic, the world was drowned in a flood of hand
righttolife.org.uk Adam Smith-Connor, a 49-year-old physiotherapist and army veteran, has been charged by The Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council for silently praying within an abortion facility buffer zone. Financial penalty escalated to a criminal charge In December 2022, Mr Smith-Connor was fined £100 for silently praying outside
Yesterday, the Green Party launched a policy on making dental treatment more readily available and free for all, not just those under the age of 18. The party wants to see dental vans and mobile clinics increase to 398. Health spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March said an estimated 40 per cent
Contrary to scaremongering and doomsday predictions, US states that have legalised cannabis have seen a 37 per cent decrease in mental health admissions. Wait, what? Recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) continue to grow in popularity, but the effects on mental health treatment are unclear. This paper uses an event-study within a
Sharon Lerner Sharon Lerner covers health and the environment. She joined ProPublica in 2022 after seven years as an investigative reporter at The Intercept, where she focused on failures of the environmental regulatory process as well as biosafety and pandemic profiteering. This story was originally published by ProPublica EPA Approved
Paul Wood Paul has been a full-time research scientist throughout his career, from Melbourne University to CSIRO, CSL and Pfizer. He has received a number of awards, including the CSIRO Medal and Clunies Ross Award. He now help academic groups work with Industry. lens.monash.edu What is it? Cultured
Putiputi Fleming The Nurses Gone Grey Society would unreservedly like to apologise to hairdressers the breadth and length of New Zealand for any involvement we may have had in lowering revenue over the last three years. Whilst we cannot and should not take responsibility for government fiscal management throughout the
