Articles in ‘Health’

The Therapeutic Products Act will be repealed before the end of 2024. The Minister responsible, Hon Casey Costello, is planning to develop two pieces of legislation to replace the TPA – one to cover Natural Health Products and another to deal with medicines and medical devices. Ms. Costello is looking towards a lasting and robust solution that appropriately balances oversight…

Over 50 prominent UK academics have signed an open letter to Baroness Heather Hallett, chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, calling for urgent action to address the shortcomings of the probe so far. The signatories of the letter say the Hallett Inquiry suffers from bias, false assumptions, and a lack of impartiality. “The Covid Inquiry is not living up to its mission to evaluate the…

The Paleo aka caveman diet has received a lot of press, and basically involves eating like our caveman ancestors. This style of eating may help you lose weight, and reduce your risk of diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes etc. The paleo diet is a high-protein, high-fiber food plan that doesn’t involve counting or reducing calories. The core foods are lean meat,…

Forget crash diets and expensive gym memberships, these habits are the key to boosting wellbeing and creativity in the new year, we have put together some resolutions that you might actually stick to. 1. Get to grips with new tools This doesn’t mean activating that cordless drill you got for Christmas. We’re talking about a set of bite-sized visualisation exercises, which can…

Left to their own devices, some humans can be really horrible - hence the value of moral and ethical codes that govern our behaviour and protect us from society’s predators. A 1997 article in the American Journal of Public Health, Eugenics and public health in American history, discusses the fetid relationship between eugenics (defined as “the science of improving heredity”) and…

A new study has found that exposure to light at night messes with our internal body clock, increasing the risk of mental illness, while daytime light exposure reduces that risk. The findings offer a simple and effective, non-pharmacological means of improving mental health. Our internal body clock, or circadian rhythm, regulates cycles of alertness and sleepiness by responding to…

For many, the idea of having a few dozen hookworms set up shop in your gut sounds more like a Survivor challenge than a beneficial health therapy, but scientists see a bright future in this human worm farm for treating many chronic conditions. In a world first, a two-year human trial conducted by James Cook University (JCU) has wound up, and the worms graduated with flying…

National Party Leader Christopher Luxon announces cash incentives to GPs to raise immunisation rates, alongside restored health targets Christopher Luxon leader of the National Party recently announced when his Party becomes government he plans to go hard on early vaccination and announced that there would be cash incentives for General Practitioners to raise immunisation rates,…

Omega oils are fatty acids and most are easily made in our body from the foods we eat. They are super critical for our health as they are integral to the membranes (walls of all our trillions of cells). The two most important omega oils are omega-3 and omega-6. Omega-6 oils are mostly pro-inflammatory, i.e. cause inflammation. Omega-3 oils reduce inflammation and help lower…

This conversation will inform… it might surprise… mostly it will inspire. Join Lynda and Penny chatting about censorship, science, psychology and courage. Lynda Wharton is founder of The Health Forum NZ, established in early 2021 to support covid injection injured people, and families who have lost loved ones following the injection. Lynda had been watching the Covid injection…

In the hearts of many New Zealanders lies a shared aspiration: to see their country thrive as a global leader in organic agriculture, a GE-Free haven producing top-quality goods. However, hidden amidst the TPA lurks a growing fear: could this law pave the way for rapid and widespread genetic engineering, compromising our dreams? Is the true purpose of this legislation for the…

Franklin Hospital is located in the heart of Pukekohe. The hospital opened in August 2021 to bring specialists and surgical services to the community, as we understood the frustration of our community in accessing specialist appointments and surgical procedures which until then were only available in Auckland. Our inception was due to a need in our community. Other businesses…

Government legislates in favour of Big Pharma and the industrial medical complex. Therapeutic Products Act is a barrier to consumers’ health interests. New law illustrative of Labour-Green ideology to increase government bureaucracy. The Therapeutic Products Act, passed this week by the government under urgency, could be the final nail in the coffin for the New Zealand natural…

By Maryanne Demasi PhD Reanalysis of regulatory data finds that attempted suicides were excluded from the final journal publication, and the journal has not corrected the record. A new analysis finds that Prozac (generic name fluoxetine) is unsafe and ineffective for treating depression in children and adolescents. Regulatory documents show that trial participants attempted…

The practitioners at NZDSOS have been accused of spreading information that is contrary to the Medical Council (MCNZ) guidelines on Covid-19 vaccination. It would appear that the MCNZ has forgotten about its own guidelines on Informed Consent that advise doctors to "be open and honest" with patients. It seems this guiding principle has not only been forgotten by the MCNZ but…

Dr Stephen Bustin is a Professor of Molecular Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University (U.K.) and a world-renowned expert on quantitative PCR.

Digging into the history of an infamous pharmaceutical scandal. It was said to be safe & effective. Sound familiar?

Public submissions are now being called for on the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill (No 2). The closing date for submissions is 11.59pm on Monday, 11 October 2021. This bill seeks to better reflect knowledge of how long the public health response to COVID-19 may be necessary, to address the reliance of MIQ on the general law and operational decisions, and to ensure…

Introduction ### This article summarises concerns related to observations that Covid-19 vaccinees in New Zealand demonstrate magnetic properties over the site of their vaccination, what the possible biological mechanism of this phenomenon is, and why we believe this poses a threat to the health of New Zealanders who are undergoing vaccination. We believe the Ministry of Health…

A study of Ministry of Health data has shown that Covid-19 lockdowns significantly increased mental distress in NZ children. The study, published in the international Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, shows that attempted suicides in NZ children aged 10-14 years increased from a baseline of 40 per month to a peak of 90 per month following the lockdowns in 2020. Lead…