Twenty years ago if I wanted to get a message out though the media I could ring up a talkback radio station or write a letter to the paper. There was no guarantee that I would get to air or end up in print. Today I can (and do) maintain a blog and a website. Whilst we...
There have been a number of news stories concerning children over the last two weeks. They are all separate yet underneath is a theme which ties them all together. A 20-month-old girl died after sustaining critical injuries whilst she was under the care of the state....
With the Olympics starting this week it is interesting to see how our attitudes to physical activity varies. In last weekends paper was a full-page ad from the State Government. The headline was” When our kids play sport, our whole community wins”. The ad was in the...
**Whilst this article is written by an American about the US system most of the issues apply in other countries too. ** – Dr Joe Pardon the expletives, I have been wanting to share some thoughts and frustrations about healthcare that I have seen arise over the...
This week saw the biggest ever settlement involving the pharmaceutical industry. Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) agreed to pay the US government 3 billion dollars in fines and penalties relating to the marketing of three drugs. Whilst this is a massive amount of money it is...
Last year I wrote an article about screening of four year olds for illness to see if they are “fit” to start school. The notion that children were not fit until screened to be, so turned the normal notion of healthy until there is some reason to think otherwise on its...
