Sometimes you just shake you head in wonder at the complete pointlessness of some research… There is a prime example in the Herald today which declares Heavy drinking can cut risk of heart disease, says study. Drinking a bottle of wine a day, or half a dozen beers, cuts the risk of heart disease by [...]

It is seldom that I agree with Hone Harawira, but I have to agree with his comment about the suggestion that he becomes an independent MP as the “Silliest idea I’ve heard“. For starters, Hone cast loose as an independent is just going to make him more of a nuisance than now. Currently, we only [...]

No, not methamphetamine. That’s already banned. John Key is proposing to reclassify pseudoephedrine to a class B2 drug. This puts it into the same class as Ritalin. In order for me to prescribe pseudoephedrine, I would have to now fill out the same laborious forms as one does for morphine and Ritalin. Considering that pseudoephedrine [...]

Emergency Department doctors are amongst the most cynical people on the planet. It is said that you know when you are a true ED doctor when you start to think that “Too stupid to live” is a legitimate medical diagnosis. It should come as not surprise to learn that cops come a close second in [...]

Horrible little story today about a poor woman who was subjected to a police raid, looking for a dead baby in her freezer. Apparently, the police were operating on a tip-off from a WINZ worker. Police and Work and Income have since apologised to Charlene Kihi, The Dominion Post reported today. A week ago police came to [...]

In an almost text-book case of how scaremongering can have unintended, dangerous consequences, it seems that the scare around aspartame has driven coca-cola addicts back to “the real thing” in all its sugary glory. Anxieties about the health effects of aspartame appear to have turned many consumers against the artificial sweetener, sparking new public health [...]