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NZ ‘on the brink’ of measles epidemic, get your kids vaxxed say experts

Experts from the Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) have sounded the alarm, cautioning that New Zealand is teetering on the edge of a measles...

Patient’s cancer surgery cancelled at the last minute amid alleged staff shortages

A man named 'Graeme' was just about to have his cancer surgery and was in a hospital gown, only to be informed of its...

Government should pause puberty blockers – Family First NZ

Family First NZ is calling for an urgent pause on the use of puberty blockers, and for a full inquiry into the long term...

Health NZ lawyers threaten Liz Gunn to takedown whistleblower data

Gunn told viewers she had received a letter from lawyers accusing her of breaching the compliance orders made by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA)...

School attendance restored as a priority in health advice

Refreshed health guidance released today will help parents and schools make informed decisions about whether their child needs to be in school, addressing one...

Guy Hatchard: The hollow heart of personalised genetic medicine

A recent article entitled “Using ChatGPT to predict the future of personalized medicine" in the prestigious journal Nature offers the following outlook: “Personalised medicine is...

Watch: Whistleblower Barry Young shares anonymised data on young kiwis who died after receiving COVID jab

Barry Young was speaking to Liz Gunn on FreeNZ Media. The video was recorded in November 2023 and published to social media yesterday. Young went through...

Pseudoephedrine ‘back on shelves for winter’ – Seymour

Associate Health Minister David Seymour has announced that Medsafe has approved 11 cold and flu medicines containing pseudoephedrine. Pharmaceutical suppliers have indicated they may be...

Mind control, polypharmacy, and biotechnology, a looming disaster and a dead end

An article in the UK Daily Telegraph entitled “The ‘black sheep’ brain chip start-up backed by Bezos and Gates" and a fascinating Tucker Carlson...

On the Thursday before Easter… A story of what happened to thousands of Kiwis

The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members. — Mahatma Gandhi On the Thursday before Easter,...

Pandemics: A business opportunity

Relax for a few minutes, sit back, and pretend morals and business ethics are redundant. Then imagine an infallible, risk-free business scheme in which you...

Ivermectin’s victory over the FDA

On March 21, a settlement was reached, leading to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreeing to remove social media posts and webpages...

Band-Aids can cause cancer – Daily Mail; Youth cancer rates explode – Expert

Cancer-causing PFAS chemicals are also found in guitar strings, dental floss, toilet paper and dust, according the UK legacy media outlet. A recent investigation by...

OIA reveals over 8,000 health workers got COVID jab exemptions

More than 8,000 health workers, many of whom were unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated, were allowed to continue working throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Data released...

Was the NZ Coroner right to rule that he couldn’t determine the cause of the sudden death of a 13 year old boy following...

In any case, what should the coroner have said and who or what is to blame for the tragic death? The NZ Herald reports this...

Petition challenging Midwifery Scope of Practice heads to Parliament

A petition asking Parliament to investigate the New Zealand Midwifery Council’s removal of the words ‘woman’ and ‘baby’ from the revised Scope of Practice...

Pharmacy vaccination for under 5s approved as immunisation rates fall

Starting today pharmacists are authorised to administer vaccines to children under five. The change aimed to improve childhood immunisation 'accessibility'. Te Whatu Ora Health NZ initiated...

Louis Theroux microblades his eyebrows in ongoing Alopecia battle

Renowned documentary maker Louis Theroux continues to navigate his alopecia journey, recently unveiling his latest step in self-care. The 53-year-old revealed on Instagram that he...

Salmon products recalled due to possible presence of Listeria

New Zealand Food Safety is supporting food company Matakana Smokehouse in its recall of a specific batch of two of its salmon products due...

AFT Pharmaceuticals concludes Maxigesic Rapid key manufacturing agreement

AFT Pharmaceuticals (NZX: AFT, ASX: AFP) has partnered with the US-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Microsize on a long-term supply agreement of micronized active pharmaceutical ingredients...

Guy Hatchard: Action to face the medical crisis can no longer be postponed

Government inquiries seldom change reality. Public submissions to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned are now closed and the Commissioners blandly note on...

Retired man’s battle with terminal cancer aided by Ivermectin use

Retired sawmill worker Rick Alderson faced a grim prognosis in November 2020 when diagnosed with terminal colon cancer, which quickly metastasised to his liver. Despite...

Woman denied heart transplant over COVID jab status

The affected woman named Irene, has a history of blood clots and heart issues, which are known side effects of the mRNA gene therapy. Despite...

Medical practice needs meaningful patient conversations if it is to improve outcomes

Recently a close friend who was taking statins developed muscle pain, digestive weakness and peripheral neuropathy (loss of sensation in hands and/or feet). They stopped...

Guy Hatchard: The world of drug regulation meets the biotech wunderkind

A large number of recent articles and studies raise crucial questions about the standards being applied to drug assessment and regulation. Are the regulators facilitating...

Global hunger isn’t the worst food-related threat to humanity

There are more obese people in the world than hungry ones – which may sound like a good thing, but it really isn’t. World Obesity...

The government, the media, and the health service have buried their heads in the sand and promised our health problems will go away

Today the government announced new health targets promising greatly shortened wait times and faster treatments, but incredibly failed to address why so many people...

‘Unsustainable’: Large Bay of Plenty medical centre to downsize

A medical clinic in Pāpāmoa, which provides services to 6,000 patients, is downsizing due to a critical shortage of GPs and insufficient government funding,...

Health sector concern over skilled worker exodus to Australia

Concern is growing in the health sector over the potential migration of New Zealand health workers to Australia, spurred by Queensland Health's 'Make a...

Argentinian man vasectomised by mistake after being checked in for gallbladder removal

The medical mix-up is irreversible, doctors reportedly told Jorge Base. An Argentinian man woke up in a hospital bed last week to discover that he...

Guy Hatchard: What is life?

In 1953, the same year that DNA was discovered, Mount Everest climbed and Queen Elizabeth crowned, a graduate student in Chicago passed an electrical...

The cruelty of modern death

Progress involves improving on the past. Once, we used leeches to suck out an excess of cancer-causing humors, or just blamed them on the wrath...

How did the medicines regulatory system fail us so badly?

An influential cross-party group of UK MPs have raised concerns that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) knew of serious cardiac side...

Top UK cardiologist calls for investigation into COVID jab injuries, numbers are the ‘tip of the iceberg’

Dr Dean Patterson is a leading consultant cardiologist in Guernsey and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Last week Patterson wrote to the CEO...

A challenge for Sarfati – Is medicated drinking water justified?

A judge has just sent the Director-General of the Ministry of Health Dr Diana Sarfati, back to the drawing board to work out whether...

Guy Hatchard: The need for a comprehensive health service audit

Two papers published this week present starkly contrasting views of the scientific process. Dr. John Gibson economist at the University of Waikato published “Cumulative excess...

Lake Alice abuse and torture survivors reject apology from RANZCP

Survivors of the abuse and torture at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s have rejected an apology from the Royal Australia New Zealand...

The black market in salt and what it means for all of us

I had a shock this weekend which has turned into a wake up call. For years I had been sprinkling Black Salt (Kala Namak) on...

Luxon delivers ‘State of the Nation’ speech

Luxon delivered the speech today in Auckland In his inaugural 'State of the Nation' speech, PM Christopher Luxon outlined a comprehensive plan he claims will...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Gardening for high health nutrition

Anyone can grow some food crops for their health without having to be a active gardener, in fact anyone can grow a range of...

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