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Gardening with Wally Richards: Plants and the human relationship

Wally Richards -

Lets firstly look at a few studies that shows that there is more to plant/human interrelationships than 'meets the eye'. For instance the studies done...

Tribunal lets $350K stillbirth care claim against Health NZ proceed

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A woman whose baby was stillborn in 2018 is pursuing $350,000 in damages from Health NZ Taranaki after the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC)...

World faces huge surge in cancer deaths – study

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The toll may rise by 75% by 2050, research published by The Lancet has warned. The annual global cancer death toll is projected to climb...

Trump blows open autism debate

Maryanne Demasi -

Autism has long been the untouchable subject in American politics. For decades, federal agencies tiptoed around it, steering research toward genetics while carefully avoiding controversial...

NZOFP slams legacy media bias over paracetamol pregnancy risks

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The NZOFP (NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party) is concerned about imbalance in media reporting to the New Zealand public about the risks from paracetamol...

The modern age cannot be an age of biotechnology

Guy Hatchard -

There are turning points in history when the direction and destiny of the human race shifts. These times are characterised by new experiences, ideas, choices,...

Study finds cell phone–level radiation below safety limits disrupts brain development in infant rats

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A new peer-reviewed study published in Neurotoxicology has raised fresh concerns over the safety of everyday cell phone radiation, showing that exposure far below...

Abortion complications suppressed to deceive women!

Right to Life NZ -

Right to Life believes that the current reporting of abortion statistics in New Zealand is incomplete and unsatisfactory. We ask: when will the Ministry of...

Fake dentist who treated 500 patients sentenced

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Narayan Prasad, who posed as a registered dentist and treated around 500 patients at his Henderson clinic, has been sentenced to three months’ community...

Doctors and dentists launch 48-hour strike

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Around 6,000 senior hospital doctors and dentists began a 48-hour strike at midnight on Monday, intensifying their pay standoff with Health NZ. Health Minister Simeon...

The trouble with Type 1 diabetes

Averil Drake -

‘Oh look mum, it's diabetes on the table!’, a friend exclaimed, remembering her kids' response to a particularly sugar laden spread she served one...

U.S. vaccine panel admits alarming dangers of COVID mRNA jabs were hidden from the public

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A key U.S. vaccine advisory committee has, for the first time, openly acknowledged troubling risks and unanswered questions about mRNA COVID jabs in a...

The pandemic of fake psychiatric diagnoses

Peter C. Gotzsche -

On 12 September, UK child and adolescent psychiatrist Sami Timimi published “When mental-health diagnoses become brands, the real drivers of our psychic pain are...

Legal expert highlights “suppressed” Henry Ford study linking childhood vaccines to higher chronic illness rates

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A newly surfaced study from the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit is reigniting debate over vaccine safety, after legal expert Aaron Siri presented...

“Safe and Effective” is not rooted in science

Jennifer Smith -

“Toxic and Effective” does not make for a snappy marketing slogan, writes virologist and immunologist Dr. Jennifer Smith. Over the last 4+ years, we have...

Health practitioner who shared child abuse images loses licence

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A female health practitioner convicted of possessing and distributing child exploitation material has lost her medical licence and is seeking additional anonymity to "rebuild...

Hovering over the crevasse: Urgent open letter to NZ First – the Gene Tech Bill

Mary Hobbs -

To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it. — Martin Luther King At a public meeting in early August it was heartening to...

The NZ First intention to reach a compromise on the terms of the Gene Technology Bill would be a grave mistake

Guy Hatchard -

The NZ First intention to reach a compromise on the terms of the Gene Technology Bill would be a grave mistake. Associate Minister for Agriculture...

Three Kiwi medical tech startups collapse after funding shortfall

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Three New Zealand medical technology companies – Upstream Medical Technologies, Tiro Medical, and Exsurgo – have entered liquidation after failing to secure further investment. Despite...

Top U.K. cardiologist at Reform UK conference accuses pharma of corrupting healthcare

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Consultant cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra delivered a speech at the Reform UK conference, warning that the medical system has been “hijacked by commercial interests”...

The perverse nature of the medical profession

Gigi Foster -

The natural business model of an army is to fight enemies, so any large army will find enemies to justify its existence. Similarly, the natural...

Nurses launch second strike this week over pay and staffing disputes

Daily Telegraph NZ -

More than 36,000 nurses, midwives, and health care assistants are striking again on Thursday, the second walkout this week, demanding better pay and safer...

Major Study: mRNA vaccines multiply the incidence of cancer

Guy Hatchard -

A large cohort study conducted in Italy and published in the Journal of Experimental and Clinical Sciences is entitled “COVID-19 vaccination, all-cause mortality, and...

Two-day nurses strike halts treatments for nearly 14,000 patients

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Almost 14,000 patients are facing postponed operations, procedures and appointments this week as New Zealand Nurses Organisation members stage two days of strike action...

U.S. disease control chief fired in clash over Covid vaccines

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Susan Monarez has accused Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of “weaponizing public health”. The White House has dismissed Susan Monarez as director of the...

New Mexico man tests positive for plague

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A 43-year-old man from Valencia County, New Mexico, has tested positive for the plague, prompting a warning from state health officials about the severe...

Glyphosate, kidneys, and cancer: Why regulators can’t keep ignoring the evidence

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Full text of NoMoreGlyphosate NZ press release: For years, regulators have repeated the same tired line: …glyphosate is safe when used as directed, residues in food...

Botswana declares public health emergency

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Botswana’s president has said the measure will allow his government to “fast-track solutions” to the shortage of medical supplies in hospitals. Botswana’s president has declared...

Secrecy over private hospital surgery costs criticised

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Health New Zealand is facing criticism for refusing to disclose how much it is paying private hospitals for elective surgeries under a new national...

FDA halts Valneva’s Chikungunya Vaccine as safety risks mount

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The FDA has suspended Valneva’s live-attenuated chikungunya vaccine "Ixchiq" after reports of 21 hospitalisations, three deaths, and cases of vaccine-triggered illness, declaring its risks...

A Long Essential Read: On the brink of disaster—A watershed moment

Guy Hatchard -

If enacted, the Gene Technology Bill will take us further away from our Kiwi foundational principles and our cultural heritage of independence and care. The...

Pharmacy error leaves woman overdosed on fentanyl patch

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A Dunedin woman suffered a serious overdose after being dispensed fentanyl patches six times stronger than prescribed. Within hours of applying the patch, she became...

Oxford academic says it’s time to start paying people to take vaccines

Will Jones -

It’s time to start paying people to take vaccines to boost take-up. That’s according to Dr. Raymond Duch, an Oxford academic writing in the Financial...

Manufactured fear or valid concern? Cutting through the rhetoric around glyphosate

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Full text of press release of NoMoreGlyphosate NZ. On August 20, Federated Farmers lashed out at Greenpeace, accusing them of “manufacturing outrage” over glyphosate. Their chair...

Ultra Violette withdraws sunscreen after “inconsistent SPF results”

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Australian sunscreen brand Ultra Violette has pulled its popular Lean Screen product from shelves after multiple independent tests revealed highly inconsistent SPF ratings, ranging...

What are they actually putting in our food? Genetic modification in the low fat food marketing megabusiness

Guy Hatchard -

You may have noticed a profusion of packaged goods which claim to be healthy because they are ‘low fat’. Weight loss products command a massive global...

Inexperienced surgeons and poor oversight blamed for fatal brain surgery at Southern hospital

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A 77-year-old man died in 2019 after inexperienced and uncredentialled surgeons performed a pituitary tumour operation at a Health New Zealand Southern hospital, prompting...

Health watchdog finds systemic failures in care of toddler who died from sepsis in Gisborne

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A 23-month-old boy died of sepsis after being repeatedly misdiagnosed and discharged despite multiple visits to doctors and hospitals, prompting the Health and Disability...

A hidden post-pandemic decline of female health

Carla Peeters -

As women used to live longer than men even during severe famines and epidemics, a continued post-pandemic increase in female mortality and disabilities can’t...

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