New Zealand is, apparently, the third fattest nation in the world according to OECD statistics. Yet fighting the obesity “epidemic” is not rocket science. Apart from the very few people who have some serious metabolic disorder, all that causes obesity is taking in more calories than you burn up. Yes, it is rather more complicated [...]

An evaluation of the “Get Checked” by Auckland university has shown that the control of blood sugar levels in diabetics has not been improved by the program. This does not actually surprise me, as most improvement in blood sugar control comes from lifestyle changes such as eating the right food, exercising and loosing weight. Lifestyle [...]

Pharmac finally gave approval for the use of a combination of drugs that preserve kidney function in diabetes last week – four years after it’s worth was confirmed by a large clinical trial. As Auckland diabetes physician Dr. Paul Drury says: Potentially, there are 100 people out there in end-stage renal failure who could have been [...]

At long last, David Cunliffe has finally given his approval for proper human trails for pig-cell transplants. The man who sacked and entire DHB board, without any reference to the people of Hawke’s bay, has dithered over this matter for an entire year due to energetic lobbying by the Sustainability Council. The council clearly had little [...]