Dr Peter Hall

Weight loss medications have a chequered history. Most of them have turned out to be useless, dangerous or uncomfortable in the extreme.  My particular favourite...

The humble gallbladder – like so many internal organs, unseen and under-appreciated. However, if it malfunctions, we can suddenly become aware not to take it...

I am a man, and have been all my life, except for when I was a boy. Up until now I hadn’t thought of this...

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is not a name that rolls off the tongue, but he is famous for being the inventor of the microscope and the...

When I examine an eye I never fail to be amazed by its complexity and beauty.  The whole visual mechanism is astoundingly sensitive – in...

I was working in Otago last year and it was noticeable how many patients down there are on regular Vitamin D.  In Auckland we tend...

I quite like headaches. Not personally, of course, nor for the unfortunate patients who suffer from them – but diagnostically. Troublesome and painful as they...

Once, during the Covid outbreak, I spent an embarrassing day sneezing and coughing in front of my patients and soaking handkerchief after handkerchief. In the...

I recently went to a family reunion and in the middle of casual conversation mentioned that I tend to be clumsy.   Suddenly all the...

There is a mythical ideal patient who is superbly organised, endlessly grateful and so well resourced that they can have any investigation required.  In addition,...