Health

Over the last decade, many locals have benefited from having their cataract surgery reliably undertaken at the Rodney Surgical Centre. Since cataract surgery commenced in...

Breast implant illness is a controversial topic in surgical circles as there is no diagnostic test for it. It is fair to say that many...

Agony does funny things to a person. I was lying on the floor of the squash court with a spectacular degree of pain coming from...

I see a lot of dizzy people. It’s really quite a common symptom that patients come to see me about and the interesting thing is...

There are some organs in the body that don’t get enough credit – when was the last time you thought about your pituitary gland, for example? ...

Degenerative: I’m not very fond of this word. Mostly because parts of me are degenerating at an alarming rate but also because it implies progressive...

With Dr Peter Hall This will be my last column for Hibiscus Matters. I’ve been knocking out 400 words just about every month for four...

I’ve just finished Atul Gawande’s book, Being Mortal. It’s a thought-provoking reflection on ageing and end of life care, and should be read by everybody...

With Dr Peter Hall “You gotta have skin. All you really need is skin.Skin’s the thing that if you got it outside,It helps keep your...

With Dr Peter Hall I’ve written a collection of short stories about a GP in a small town. Most of them will never be published...