Everybody likes a magic pill or, in the case perhaps of GLP-1 inhibitors, and I won’t use any trade names, a magic injection. They have their role. Let’s be very, very upfront. They do have their uses. But, like all medications, there are also potential downsides. As...
It’s sometimes said that satire is dead. I don’t think that is quite the case, fortunately. But when you see a video from 9 years ago, and we will put this in the description as per usual, and 9 years later, what it’s parodying is even more the case....
Accountability and taking responsibility for actions is one of the, if you like, bedrocks of medical practice, certainly in private practice, and through my own journeys I do at times get asked to give opinions in medical legal matters and also assist sometimes in...
A quotation commonly attributed to Albert Einstein defines insanity as repeating the same thing multiple times while expecting a different outcome. Milton Friedman observed that, every so often, we should examine the results of policies, regardless of the good...
There is a great quote by the late economist Milton Freriedman. In fact, quite a lot of good quotes from him. I think the man was a um, a genius. But that’s beside the point. One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather...
A wise senior colleague told me in the 1990s, when I was involved in some medical committees, “Never stand between your colleagues and a barrel of money.” Maybe that’s a little harsh. I think Paul Keating, when he was Prime Minister, made similar observations about...
