Stop thinking and start!
I over-think many things…often. Usually because I want to achieve perfection, but then cannot meet my own high standards. Somehow non-achievement feels better than “failure” so what ever I am … Continue reading
Food for Thought: Redefining Diabetes (part 2 of 2)
I apologise for my tardiness with this post, August ended up being more full-on with teaching and marking than anticipated. After two days of the Food for Thought program about … Continue reading
In response to Mac Mckenna: Taxing sugar does not discourage its use.
On Monday, the 2017 FIZZ (fighting sugar in soft-drinks) symposium was held in Auckland. There was an overwhelming support for New Zealand to tax sugar-sweetened beverages. Today, this opinion … Continue reading
“Have you ever thought about how you are going to die?…….”
Over the weekend, I presented on early detection of Metabolic disease at the NZ Hospital Pharmacists conference. I hadn’t been to this conference before and my accepted abstract on … Continue reading
The benefits of “messy play”
There was a really memorable Saturday afternoon last year when I was working in an After-hours pharmacy. Four children, aged between 8-12 years came in within about two hours. Each … Continue reading
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